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One of the cool things about following links in AT is that you can find a source for photographs as applied to the article, or you can find something more meaningful.

Shorpy.com was named after Henry Sharpe Higginbotham, ostensibly nicknamed Shorpy, who was a child laborer, a greaser in Bessie Mine in Alabama. Lewis Hine was a photographer who captured the photos of many American child laborers of that era and Joe Manning is a person who is taking the time to research the people in these photos, and giving them their due in historical note.

http://www.morningsonmaplestreet.com/aboutlewishine2.html

I am someone who also found the taught subject of history very boring, as Joe Manning did, but find myself captivated in whatever bios he can turn up for the subjects of these photographs. I appreciate the link for a way to obtain period snapshots superficially rendered as artful for profit to the site, but I wanted to make sure Joe Manning's Lewis Hine Project was also given attention.

I just wanted to make sure you realize this site is valuable historical record and isn't just a lot of "cool old vacation photos."

I just LOVE that car in the first photo - can anyone tell me what make and model it is?

http://www.shorpy.com/1960-chevrolet-parkwood#comment-19557

"This is a 1960 Chevrolet Parkwood. Parkwoods and Kingswoods both use Bel Air trim (mid-level). The Kingswood, a nine-passenger wagon, has the third-row rear-facing seat, and two steps on the rear bumper (one on each end just outside of where the tailgate would come down). Less obvious is that all Kingswoods have power tailgate windows, an option on the other Chevrolet wagons."

This car is featured in quite a stack of family vacation photos taken over several summers that were put up on eBay.