Memorial Day Motorcycle Races

Every Memorial Day, thousands of motorcyclists came to Cedarburg for the annual dirt track races at Firemen's Park. Due to problem with some of the "bikers' the races were discontinued in 1966. The Fire Department then started the Maxwell Street events that are now held four times each year.

Washington Avenue, Cedarburg in 1940s

At the time this photograph was taken, every other store along this segment of Washington Avenue was a hardware store. A Studebaker automobile/Ford Tractor dealership occupied the building between two of the hardware stores. This building later became the City Hall and is now the Washington Avenue Shoppes.

The view from the steeple of St. Francis Borgia church looking north along Washington Avenue has not changed significantly over the years, as attested by the similarity between this image and a photograph from the early 1940’s in the Edward A. Rappold Collection.

Washington Avenue north of the Columbia Road intersection has also remained relatively unchanged from the 1940s to the present. Here, only the style of the automobiles parked along either side of the street suggests the date of the photograph.

Washington Avenue north of Mill Street had a slightly different look in the 1940s and 1950s than it does today, however, Pate gasoline was then sold at Rick Chevrolet, located on the northwest corner of the intersection.  Pate gasoline is no longer available, and Rick Chevrolet has since become Newman Chevrolet and is located just north of Cedarburg.

[Source: Cedarburg 1946-1964 Photographs]

Big snow struck in 1946

During this blizzard, plows buried some cars in front of the old Post Office and Mueller's Barber Shop. At another time, a grader was used to plow snow on Washington Avenue at Spring Street.

Unusual French parcel delivery vehicle

Elvis & his car

1910 Octo Auto by Reeves

[Damn Cool Cars]

The Woodstock Bus

The VW bus was painted by Robert Hieronimus in 1968 for Bob Grimm of the band "Light" which he drove with Rick Peters, Trudy Morgul and Walt Bailey to the original Woodstock in 1969.

Rick (drummer) & Trudy (vocalist) at Woodstock 1969.

Bob stitting atop the bus at Woodstock

Bob with the "Light Bus" and the artist's "bug".

"Light Bus".

The other side of the bus

[via Damn Cool Cars]

Beer trucks

Cool rolling advertisements, because at the time, alcoholic ads were illegal

VW Kombie van

lunch

Back when lunch was less than a buck! A burger, fries, and a Coke resting on the window of a '55 Che

Orange

Old vintage car interior in Cuba

Accident car in Washington D.C. 1922

Racing

Vintage advert for the once in europe very popular small car Renault 4, which has gained cult status

Sioux Falls, SD, 1958

a taxi in Cuba

King of the Road 1920

Old Time Vertical Parking

Model T outside the Smithsonian,1926