Middletown Daily Photo: Turqoise Car

Monday, August 4, 2008

Turqoise Car

While I was walking around shooting yesterday, I saw this car pull out onto Main Street. I'm an old car geek, and I've identified this as an early to mid 1950s Chrysler New Yorker. Without doing any research, my best guess for the year is 1953, 54 or 55. I pegged it for a Chrysler product (Chrysler, Plymouth, Dodge or DeSoto) even before I zoomed in and saw "New Yorker" on the side.

2 comments:

ft. lauderdale daily photo said...: Love the old cars, especially in this color blue that was so popular in the 1950s.; August 4, 2008 at 9:05 AM
Bill said...: Funny thing is, the houses are likely older than the car! Nice shot.

I have done a number of old car related posts that you may like. Check out my posts from 9/26/06, 11/(17&19)/06, 4/(6-11)/08.; August 12, 2008 at 11:52 AM

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About Middletown

Middletown, Maryland was founded in 1767 and is said to be named either for its position midway between South Mountain and the Catoctin Mountains or its central location between the larger Maryland cities of Frederick and Hagerstown. A few years earlier, a visiting surveyor and future “Father of our Country” George Washington referred to Middletown Valley as one of the most beautiful places he had ever seen.

The town was incorporated in 1833. After the Civil War battles of South Mountain and Antietam, Middletown churches served as hospitals for both Union and Confederate soldiers.

Today Middletown boasts a delicate balance of old and new. Instead of a Mayor, the town leader is a Burgess. Some of the buildings were built in the 1700s and 1800s. There are large Victorian homes as well as the typical cookie-cutter subdivisions that dot the edge of the Washington DC commuter exurbs.

The only franchise restaurant in town is a Subway; the only Starbucks is inside the Safeway.

If you really want to understand what small-town America feels like, visit Middletown during the Independence Day festivities and fireworks at Middletown Park, the Volunteer Fire Department’s annual mid-July Carnival or the Middletown Heritage Festival held in the fall.