(To see the most detail in this image, click on it to enlarge it!) This is a photograph I took of this 1954 DESOTO FIREDOME used as a Taxi and parked outside the office of the Shady Dell Motel in Bisbee, AZ. It’s amazing how being at this motel and its diner are like walking back in time. I did … Read More
Randy’s White Elephant
(To see the most detail in this image, click on it to enlarge it!) This old bus sits as a motel room at the Shady Dell Motel in Bisbee Arizona. When Cathleen and I spotted it there with the name “Randy’s White Elephant” painted on its side, we both got the idea that I shoot this photo and post it … Read More
The Richfield Truck
(To see the most detail in this image, click on it to enlarge it!) For this photo, I’m still at the Shady Dell Trailer Park. It was just sitting in the back behind most of the trailer “rooms”. The word “Richfield” is painted on the front part of the truck’s roof, just above the windshield. I liked the way the … Read More
Airstream With The Red Stripe
(To see the most detail in this image, click on it to enlarge it!) Here is a great example of the “rooms” at the Shady Dell Motel in Bisbee, AZ. It’s a small travel trailer that was very common in the 1950’s and 1960’s. At the Shady Dell, it’s one of several of this size, with other, much larger ones … Read More
Shady Dell Trailer Park
(To see the most detail in this image, click on it to enlarge it!) The Shady Dell Trailer Park sign is another wonderful example of “Americana”, especially with Dot’s Diner (click here to see Dot’s Diner) on the other side of the parking lot. The trailer park is a motel where most of the rooms are Airstream trailers, as well … Read More