The LIA Newsletter 7 Is here to bring you up to speed with my new Etsy listings, recent sales, and what has been keeping me busy over the past week. If you missed last week’s newsletter, you can find it here. New Listings As part of our drive around Flathead Lake, we stopped in Somers…
Bring Stunning Photography to Your 2025 with These Beautiful Wall Calendars As a photographer with a passion for capturing the world’s beauty, I’m thrilled to introduce my collection of 2025 wall calendars. Each calendar showcases 12 full-color photographs centered around unique themes like stunning landscapes, classic cars, and historical structures. Whether you’re a fan of…
I captured the photo above, a 1956 Ford Fairlane, outside Missoula’s Southgate Mall on April 17th, 2010. I posted the photo on my RedBubble site where it has sold three times, got 15 comments and 8 hearts indicating that my peers liked it. When I started adding car photos to my Etsy mug store, this…
Are you a vintage car enthusiast looking for the perfect addition to your home or office decor? Look no further than a photo print of the 1957 Pontiac Star Chief. The Car Itself The 1957 Pontiac Star Chief is an iconic American car that perfectly captures the spirit of the 1950s. This classic car was…
Introducing the Hudson Motor Car Company Roy D. Chapin, one of America’s automotive pioneers, brought out a new car in 1909. With money furnished by Detroit entrepreneur Joseph Lowthian Hudson, Chapin named his new car for his benefactor. The Hudson Motor Car Company built a wide variety of cars from 1909 to 1954. Cars with…
Introducing the All New Mercury Today, Mercury shows up in car shows as a classic, but orphan, make. But in November, 1938, Edsel Ford presented four cars not seen before on American roads. The new Mercury came in four body styles, and was supposed to fit into the sales scheme between Ford and Lincoln. Over…
In 1990, my partner Gary and I were driving north on Division Street in Spokane, Washington. We had other reasons for being in Spokane, but Gary was looking for a car. Spokane is the largest “big” city to us. Gary spotted something parked in a lot across the street and asked “What is that?” I…
Ransom E. Olds built his first car, a steam-driven one, in 1887. He was twenty-three years old. In 1893, one of his steamers became the first American car exported. Unfortunately, the ship carrying the car sank, and the vehicle ended up in Davy Jones’ locker. 1896 saw Olds build a gas-powered car and in 1900…
Charles Nash had brought Walter Chrysler to General Motors in 1911. Chrysler left GM and started his own company when he bought Maxwell Motors in 1925. Maxwell began operations in 1904, but by the 1920s, the company was in trouble. Almost immediately after purchasing the company, Chrysler changed the name, naming it for himself, and…
The Thomas B. Jeffrey Company started building cars in 1902. They had two models: the Jeffrey and the Rambler. In 1917, Charles W. Nash, who had just stepped down as head of General Motors, bought the company and renamed it Nash Motors. Thirty plus years later, Nash brought back the Rambler name. It was time…
