San Diego photologs from the 1970s

Posted by jonathanmkeegan 9 hours ago

San Diego photologs from the 1970s(www.beautifulpublicdata.com)

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sllabres 7 hours ago|

Nice you could choose if you would like your gasoline with or without service :-) (4:00).

Why was the chain called "Der Wienerschnitzel" and not "Das Wienerschnitzel". It is (was) a proper noun, but why the wrong article? (5:02)

A small part appears twice (from 8:51--9:06).

more cyclists than I see in current streetview footage

Coca-Cola delivery vans where yellow?

jonas21 3 hours ago||

> Nice you could choose if you would like your gasoline with or without service :-) (4:00).

Yeah. Too bad you weren't able to choose if you would like your gasoline with or without lead yet.

reaperducer 7 hours ago||

Nice you could choose if you would like your gasoline with or without service

Still possible in some places. Especially cities with large numbers of retirees.

I used a full-service optional Shell station in Las Vegas last year. Unlike when I was young, full-service didn't mean in increase in the price of gas.

ghaff 7 hours ago||

There are a few full-service stations around where I live. But you really don't need your oil checked when you get gas so unless the objective is to have someone else pump your gas in crappy weather there's not a not of point.

markkat 7 hours ago||

IMHO comparably, cars today look depressing. So soulless, so similar, so boring. White/grey/silver/black, maybe a few boring blue or burgundy.

littlexsparkee 5 hours ago||

I don't drive but aesthetically the cars of the '60s - '80s (e.g. a vintage Oldsmobile or Cadillac coupe) are so much better than boxy, oversized modern cars.

gonzalohm 6 hours ago|||

Nowadays car brands charge you upwards of $1k to get a special color. And even then, you can only pick from at best 5 colors. It's sad

mlsu 5 hours ago||

And it's even worse because the colors now could be so good because of modern technology. The potential is so high

ksd482 5 hours ago||

And they are bigger too. Everything is bigger.

vvpan 4 hours ago||

When I look at those people first thing I think is that they have never seen a cell phone and I am bit jealous.

ashleyn 8 hours ago||

>"Hypno-Sex-Ism"

50 years early to the "gooning" trend, I see...

latchkey 8 hours ago||

As someone born and raised in san diego since the 70s, this is really nice!

burnt-resistor 7 hours ago||

Can't forget California smog and haze that varied between yellow, orange, and brown.

annoyingnoob 6 hours ago|

And we just can't capture the smell of those vehicles or the smell of gas stations of that time.

asdff 6 hours ago||

Just wait for a mow and blow crew to show up and catch a whiff of that 2 stroke exhaust.

rnxrx 7 hours ago||

The commentary on hand-created signage was especially fascinating. The observations about the use of computers "enshitifying" design sort of eerily echo a lot of the commentary about AI now, including the (not unfounded) fear of the loss of human inconsistency, and the beauty it can bring.

thelonelyborg 5 hours ago||

and not a single beach in sight!

rdiddly 6 hours ago|

Cool project