(Pic) Riverside circa 1955

Very nice picture. The car models fit the image well.

Thanks ! Since the family home was only a couple of blocks away from here in Riverside, I could have been taken by this scene in real life in a stroller as a little kid, lol !

Mike, great photo.  The cars look like they belong there.

Fantastic! It looks perfectly real!

Mike, I cannot tell you how much I love this photo. Brilliant!

Thank you, Paul !

Here is a selection of vintage images taken from roughly the same location with the camera pointing in different directions with current automobile transportation visible. I included a 1/64 scale Ford I had placed with this same background photograph.

Interesting photos. Thanks.

Lol, by the way, I still remember that Nash in the third picture, as my older sister and me used to call it the "upside down bathtub car".

@michaeldetorrice Do many of these buildings in Riverside still exist?

Yes, Ed, essentially all of them still do exist. Since Riverside has been designated a National Landmark for it's overall design and street plan by Frederick Law Olmsted, in many ways it remains the same as it was from it's 1871 incorporation.

I think 3 Frank Lloyd Wright houses are here and over the years I believe there have been about 6 or 7 service/gas stations and automobile repair/sales shops in the village. Long before that it was a American Indian encampment area and a fording point on the DesPlaines River for both Indians and settlers.

Great stuff Mike. I love you and Ed's pictures of the Chicago area with the models.

You are welcome, Bob !

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