This week's challenge for Photo Friday theme is Silver so here's some photos of the "Antique Car Exposition" at Luz Station in São Paulo, taken by my husband.
Luz Station, Estação da Luz, was the first railway station built in 1901 in São Paulo. The beautiful architectural structure of the Estação da Luz railway station is a picturesque example of São Paulo’s historical center. Designed by English architect Charles Henry Driver, the building pioneered the use of iron which provided a touch of glamour to the whole structure. The station and the railway between Santos and Jundiaí were an important milestone in the development of São Paulo. The railway was used to transport coffee to the city.
Luz Station, Estação da Luz, was the first railway station built in 1901 in São Paulo. The beautiful architectural structure of the Estação da Luz railway station is a picturesque example of São Paulo’s historical center. Designed by English architect Charles Henry Driver, the building pioneered the use of iron which provided a touch of glamour to the whole structure. The station and the railway between Santos and Jundiaí were an important milestone in the development of São Paulo. The railway was used to transport coffee to the city.
De Soto, 1948
Duesenberg, 30's (probably)
GM Coach, 60's
Harley Davidson, 50's
Photos by Carlos Alckmin Mascaro
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Update: You can see beautiful photos of classic cars at Jan Bussey's "Cascade Exposure":
http://jlbussey.exposuremanager.com/g/show_n_shine_2006
Wow, what great silver images. They are so cool!
ReplyDeleteHi Sonia,
ReplyDeleteMy husband really enjoyed looking at the old cars! Thanks for sharing this!!
Love the old cars, Sonia...There is something about "vintage" cars that pleeases the eye, isn't there?
ReplyDeleteBTW: I saw that comment signed S.A.M. and wondered who that was...!(lol) Thank you my dear for clearing up that mystery!
Love the old cars. They are so pretty!!
ReplyDeleteSweet photos (and by that, I mean AWESOME and COOL)! Love the DeSoto, my father had one of those!
ReplyDeleteThe Dousenberg '30s is really COOL!
ReplyDeleteJust wonderful, Sonia. You can almost hear the Big Band music playing!
ReplyDeleteAnd your husband's photos below of the sunset are quite magnificent. Thank you for sharing them.
Hi Sonia, I loke those old cars and have a lot of photos from them - on paper!
ReplyDeleteYour photos are great!
Sigrun
I love old cars, Sonia, and these are great. I passed by an antique car show today, but we were delivering flowers for weddings, so I didn't get to stop and look at them. :-/
ReplyDeletecool cars! the only vintage car i ever drove and had was a '65 beetle..
ReplyDeleteYour post is so original. I liked looking at all things silver. Very nicely done.
ReplyDeleteSandy ;)
Oooh, I love the Desoto ... what a classic car.
ReplyDeleteHope you had a great weekend.
Have a wonderful week.
Take care, Meow
Silver what a lovely theme
ReplyDeleteMy late husband collected a few model cars i gave some away to family but kept 6 and 1 is that
Duesenberg it has the date 1933 on it ...
That Duesenberg is GORGEOUS!!
ReplyDeleteOlá,
ReplyDeleteQue surpresa! Você é esposa do meu quase homônimo? Já ouvi falar dele, pois conheci Cristiano Mascaro, fotógrafo a quem admiro muito, e descobri que ele também teria o sobrenome Alckmin, embora não use. A grafia do meu sobrenome, entretanto, não tem o "c", mas trata-se da mesma família.
Também adoro os carros clássicos e, como fotógrafo, venho acompanhando este encontro do Jardim da Luz há 5 anos.
Permita-me apenas a seguinte observação:
O modelo apontado como sendo um Duesenberg dos anos 30 é, na verdade, uma réplica chamada Concorde. É muito fiel ao original e tem mecânica do Ford Galaxie. Já vi um destes verde por lá.
Parabéns pelo blog e mande um abraço para o xará.
Um abraço,