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[Snowpuppy]

Nope. Don't mean a thing to me.

Those were called suicide doors. It may have been a Mercury as I recall Ford made a Lincoln in the '60's with suicide doors.

They were made to make getting into the back seat easier.

[chrystaltree]

It says MA.  When winter was winter.

[Lucky Charm]

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That car was way before my time (child of the 60's here).

But I remember my grandfather had a white Ford Thunderbird with suicide doors.

The one woman has those clear booties on over her heels.  I remember my great aunts and grandmother wearing them. 

Your feet still froze, I'm sure, but they protected your pumps from the car to the front door, I guess....

No one that I remember had a full fur, but my friend's mother had a fox stole that literally had the head still attached.  Gah

[ECBG]

I am in the south.  I would imagine my mother in some of those situations.

Very sweet.  I didn't like fashion in that era.

[BlueFinch]

I couldn't relate to anything in this pic. Nope, not in my TX location. Except...

The car's tires stirred a memory. White-walled tires are mostly a thing of the past, too. I thought they looked nice on earlier cars. If I remember correctly, I think they were hard to keep nice and white, though. 

[golding76]

We had heavy snows like that in Maryland.  Every Christmas Day we traveled from Maryland to my maternal grandparents' home in Pennsylvania no matter what the weather.  My mother was from a family of 10 children, and it was a delight to see my grandparents, aunts, uncles and many cousins even if I had to leave my Christmas gifts at home.

The trip would always begin with a stop at the Gulf station for gas.  Whenever I smelled the fumes, I would feel nauseous.  Never failed.  Then we'd hit the road.  My father adored when I sang the Christmas tunes along with the artists who were on the car radio. Gene Autry's "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" was a particular favorite.

And yes, my mother and all the older women wore boots like that; they were pulled over their regular heels.  Men wore what were called "rubbers," which were black and were pulled over their dress shoes.  Mama had fur-collared coats but no full-length fur.  And I remember that to be dressed up meant that we wore a hat.  My dad always wore a fedora, and Mama seemed to have a hat for almost every dressy outfit.  When "dressed up," women always wore a dress or a nice skirt and top. No slacks in that era.

I have fond memories (other than the fill-up at the gas station). 

[AngelPuppy1]

Well - yes and no!  We had a lot of snow back in the day and we wore those ugly rubber boots.  But we did not wear those fur coats and hats!  We were more likely bundled up in woolen coats, hand-knitted scarves, hats and gloves!  And yes, we did have cars similar to that! 

[house_cat]

@twinsister 

I also grew up in NYC and thought the very same thing... those days when there were people in my life who were generations older than I was.  I took that for granted and now I'm the oldest one in my family... sobering thought.

It looks more like a painting than a photograph to me, and as @Tinkrbl44 said, I didn't know there was ever a car with a rear door that opened that way.  I wonder if it's a mistake by the artist.  I'll ask DH when he wakes up - he knows everything car related.

ETA: According to Wikipedia, those doors origninated on horse drawn carriages and some car companies still use them today. They are referred to as "suicide doors" because if they should ever pop open during a ride, you'd have to hang out of the car to shut them. 

@Snowpuppy  Sorry, just saw your earlier post about the suicide doors.

[twinsister]

@golding76 - So true when you said women always wore hats when they were dressed up and no slacks.   My father always wore a fedora and my mom would joke that he would wear it even just to go to buy the daily newspaper!

[golding76]

twinsister, did your mother and her generation also wear a fancy hat when they went out to a dance?  Up until the late '50s or early '60s, it seemed to be the fashion where we lived that along with the satin, chiffon and sequins went a hat that had some sparkly stuff on it.  I have photos of my mother and father dressed to go out, and there is Mama with a hat (not large; it would be one that caressed the head) that coordinated with her fancy dance dress.  

It looked odd to me then and it still looks odd to me.

This is the closest look to what I mean that I could find online.  Mama, of course, had a more modest evening dress on.