My guess would be the aquisition and subsequent use of the name LeBaron (New York body builder) by Briggs in the 1920's and as a model on the Imperial in the 50's on up into the 80's....
Where was this Mopar Brochure/Ad Photo shot?
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Carmine
Old Man with a Hat
If I'd seen this one, I could have nailed it. Probably the last one that will come so easily.
My guess would be the aquisition and subsequent use of the name LeBaron (New York body builder) by Briggs in the 1920's and as a model on the Imperial in the 50's on up into the 80's....
Dobalovr solved the challenge I set up in C Boby Bob's Old Photos with Cars post #785 (Page 40).
What is the connection of this vintage photo, to our beloved C bodies? And then I said I would say how this photo is connected to me personally .. sort of.
Briggs built Chrysler bodies and other stuff for decades starting in the 1920's. Briggs bought out LeBaron Carrosiers, a Connecticut outfit and a body builder (for luxury cars), in 1926 and moved it to Detroit. When Chrysler bought out Briggs in early 1950's, they got the "LeBaron" name in the deal.
The personal connection to me. Briggs Sr. made a wad of cash. He bought the Detroit Tigers (though in the end it wasn't his finest hour), and like other early 20th Century auto "go-zillionaires" built this fabulous house in what WAS the suburbs of Detroit.
We lived across the street for a while. Naw, I don't roll that way -- you could get a 20,000 sq ft house, leaded stained glass windows, carriage house, hand-carved woodwork, marble floors, etc. in 1990 for an obscenely LOW price
Why? The neighborhood AROUND this enclave had changed so it was constant battle to keep uninvited guests out of our houses (drove us nuts, scared the kids, when the security system tripped in the middle of night). The hardy pioneers like us were trying to hang on and save these grand old houses.
Mansions in Detroit's Historic Boston-Edison District
The area is coming back, 20 years after I left, and my old house (I was long gone by then) sold a few years back for 6 times what I paid for it which is a sign of revival of the area and Detroit in general.
Briggs' next door neighbor's pad? None other than Charles Fisher, of Body by Fisher.
What is the connection of this vintage photo, to our beloved C bodies? And then I said I would say how this photo is connected to me personally .. sort of.
Briggs built Chrysler bodies and other stuff for decades starting in the 1920's. Briggs bought out LeBaron Carrosiers, a Connecticut outfit and a body builder (for luxury cars), in 1926 and moved it to Detroit. When Chrysler bought out Briggs in early 1950's, they got the "LeBaron" name in the deal.
The personal connection to me. Briggs Sr. made a wad of cash. He bought the Detroit Tigers (though in the end it wasn't his finest hour), and like other early 20th Century auto "go-zillionaires" built this fabulous house in what WAS the suburbs of Detroit.
We lived across the street for a while. Naw, I don't roll that way -- you could get a 20,000 sq ft house, leaded stained glass windows, carriage house, hand-carved woodwork, marble floors, etc. in 1990 for an obscenely LOW price
Why? The neighborhood AROUND this enclave had changed so it was constant battle to keep uninvited guests out of our houses (drove us nuts, scared the kids, when the security system tripped in the middle of night
). The hardy pioneers like us were trying to hang on and save these grand old houses.Mansions in Detroit's Historic Boston-Edison District
The area is coming back, 20 years after I left, and my old house (I was long gone by then) sold a few years back for 6 times what I paid for it which is a sign of revival of the area and Detroit in general.
Briggs' next door neighbor's pad? None other than Charles Fisher, of Body by Fisher.
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I stumbled across this by accident. Obviously not a Mopar but that's cool -- its a 40 year old print ad in any event
I did NOT know where this place was, and NEVER heard of/saw it, before I found it. It didnt take me long to find the real place -- and i am NO internet wiz by any means -- so I categorize this one as "Easy"
But in case the route any of you takes to solve it is different/harder than mine (I might have just got lucky when I found it), I will give three hints anyway.
1. The ad agency has "shopped" this photo in an obvious but ironic attempt to disguise its true location.
2. The location exists today in the United States, is WEST of the Rocky Mountains, and it survived a significant natural disaster.
3. The car itself has NO "clue" relevance to the search effort -- enough information to efficiently put an "X" on the map, let alone an "X" on this location EXACTLY, is in plain view in the photo itself.
Whoever finds it, please tell us how you did it and if you can post a current picture of it.
I stumbled across this by accident. Obviously not a Mopar but that's cool -- its a 40 year old print ad in any event
I did NOT know where this place was, and NEVER heard of/saw it, before I found it. It didnt take me long to find the real place -- and i am NO internet wiz by any means -- so I categorize this one as "Easy"
But in case the route any of you takes to solve it is different/harder than mine (I might have just got lucky when I found it), I will give three hints anyway.
1. The ad agency has "shopped" this photo in an obvious but ironic attempt to disguise its true location.
2. The location exists today in the United States, is WEST of the Rocky Mountains, and it survived a significant natural disaster.
3. The car itself has NO "clue" relevance to the search effort -- enough information to efficiently put an "X" on the map, let alone an "X" on this location EXACTLY, is in plain view in the photo itself.
Whoever finds it, please tell us how you did it and if you can post a current picture of it.
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
Well... SanFrancisco is where I would start.
Umm I really need to get a life but keep em coming...
3640 Buchanan St, San Francisco
3640 Buchanan St, San Francisco
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
Jeezes. We need to go back to Turn of the Century Urban Limestone...
The old San Francisco Gas Light Company, Marina District, San Francisco, built 1897
SF Gaslight Co Building
This building was featured in the 1971 Pilot Episode of McMillan & Wife (Rock Hudson/Susan St. James), Once upon a Dead Man.
Screenshots from the episode (sorry for the quality -- I dont have very sophisticated photo software). The box calls it "Merryvale Galleries". The night shots on location call it "Merryvale Antiques" - which is what it really was from 1958-1980. Bottom photo is Rock and Susan (behind Rock) going into the building.
The clues.
1. Ad Photo is shopped. Look above the main door and what's there? Nothing. And for an inexplicable reason, they left the REAL sign on the fence for the ad shoot.
2. Clue 2 - Obvious now that we found it. The presumed age of the building, and West of the Rockies and natural disaster, logically MAY have directed you to San Francisco to a structure built before 1906.
3, Clue 3 - The car may as well be a fire hydrant -- its of no use. The distinctive architecture, the sign, the fence, and that "tree". The tree is what made me guess San Fran - first place I recall ever seeing them all "pruned up" (or whatever the word is).
Thoughts? Again, to me this was easy. I found the real building in 10 minutes. I googled "Merryvale Antiques San Francisco" and viola!
I got a couple of more (I recognized the location by sight alone as I had been there before) but maybe someone else will give it a go as "game show host"?
Started with the sign and worked from there. That sent me to Palo Alto and wine country. Then back tracked to a few historical sites that spoke about the Stanford Convalescence Home which led to Alpine Street. Then hit pay dirt with the SF Gas Light Co. About 20 min of Googling. Stan could have done it in 5....
Ah... cool.
I did the same thing, BUT i had the tree in my mind too. Google search FIRST of "Merryvale Antiques" got me to Pittsburgh. Really. But i have never seen those gnarled trees in Pittsburgh (may be some ..just never seen it).
Actually I had the closing scene of Invasion of the Body Snatchers in mind, so that said "San Francisco" to me.
So second search was done with SF as a keyword. I also saw the Stanford thing but then I clicked over to "Images", and the second photo on that page was this one: So I knew it had it AND the Olds ad was shopped.
This is the last "easy" one I could find. If this identification lasts past the end of this page (post #80) I'd be very surprised Nice Doba btw.
Anyway, three hints (one hint is admittedly "tricky" - sorry):
1. The background structure is gone.
2. The location is identifiable today.
3. The location was not in Detroit.
To get the "tough baby" seal of approval, please specify (a) what this was, (b) US City and State where it was, and (c) given its gone, what is the current view of its former location (if you have the computer application -- Google Map, or Earth, etc -- to do that.
Nice Doba btw.Anyway, three hints (one hint is admittedly "tricky" - sorry):
1. The background structure is gone.
2. The location is identifiable today.
3. The location was not in Detroit.
To get the "tough baby" seal of approval, please specify (a) what this was, (b) US City and State where it was, and (c) given its gone, what is the current view of its former location (if you have the computer application -- Google Map, or Earth, etc -- to do that.
Ive got it but ill pm you so others can play...
rapidtrans
Senior Member
I was going to guess the old Chrysler Styling Dome at Highland Park. Till i read your clues. Whew!
Excellent guess.
Yes, the clues are intended to "obfuscate" the answer a bit as well as require a PRECISE identification with a current pic.
I'll wait till you're ready lock in your guess before i comment further.
As you consider your guess further, perhaps, as with Dobalovr, as a past "winner", if you DO know for sure after reconciling your thoughts with the clues, maybe we give others a shot and you hold off a bit?
Carmine
Old Man with a Hat
So in other words, figure out what it was, then what is there now?
I'm guessing some kind of aquarium or birdhouse in Chicago.
I'm guessing some kind of aquarium or birdhouse in Chicago.
that's very imaginative! Seriously. Its sure got that "shape". but I ain't that clever with the clue formulations on this one.
so its not in chicago (go NO further west) and the structure in the photo at this location never was anything else - to my knowledge - before it was demolished.
when you find the location, its is NOT necessary to place the structure within it .. but if you can do that with a 2016 photo, all the better.
hope that helps.
