Alan Mays' photos with the keyword: windshields

Sinister Sam lurks in the background as two women pose in front of a car with a 1940 California license plate. "61B626, California, 1940."

Handwritten note on the back of this tinted photo: "Carole with McGuffey Ann on the DeSoto, October 1949." A 1940 newspaper ad described the McGuffey Ann doll (it's name was actually "Ana" rather than "Ann") as "a real American beauty with pigtails and straw bonnet."

A souvenir real photo postcard.

Handwritten note on the back of the photo: "Summer 1938. My first straw hat, [which] Barley bought for me to go to ball games."

I've been dreadfully busy over the last few weeks with work and family. When Ipernity editing stopped working for a while in May, I fell way behind in posting and even further behind with commenting than I already was (if that's possible). I hope you will forgive my extreme tardiness and allow me to catch up with the topics I've missed from past weeks. I'm glad that we've been able to keep the group going, and I appreciate all of your postings here in the Vintage Photos Theme Park. A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of windows and windshields (photos through or of) . Printed on the back of this real photo postcard: "Novelty Photo Studio, 13 Federal St., N.S., Pittsburg, PA." An early twentieth-century photo taken when driving a car was still a novelty.

"Your windshield was cleaned by courtesy of Glass House Shell Servicecenter."

An undated red-border Kodachrome Duplicate slide. The honeymoon getaway car is a Ford Super Deluxe convertible with a 1949 Virginia license plate. This same car also appears in Newlyweds at the Hughes Dairy Bar, Tioga, Pa., 1949 .

"Groundhog Window Glass, Bell Phone 147-J, Summerville Phone 268, 310 E. Mahoning Street, Punxsutawney, Pa., Aug. 28, 1918. Sold to Mr. J. A. Boyer, Rural Valley, Pa. L. G. Bastin & Sons, window glass distributors and glaziers. Circle cutting, glazing, plate glass, window glass, bent glass, and bevel glass. 3-16 glass for windshields, colored glass, chipped glass, mirror and picture frames." L. G. Bastin & Sons, a company that was located in Punxsutawney , Pennsylvania, used "Groundhog Window Glass" as a brand name and also included an illustration of a groundhog on this 1918 billhead. The town of Punxsutawney, of course, is home to Punxsutawney Phil , the famous rodent whose annual weather predictions are celebrated on February 2, Groundhog Day .