Tuesday, June 3, 2008 – 1948 Roadmaster

One of the 11,503 that were built is left, this 1948 Buick Roadmaster in all its glory – parked at the Hollywood Knickerbocker, Ivar Avenue, Hollywood. On Halloween 1936, Harry Houdini's widow held her tenth séance to contact the magician on the roof of the hotel, and Frances Farmer was arrested in her room at the hotel in 1943, after skipping a visit with her parole officer, and D. W. Griffith died in the lobby of the hotel in 1948. 

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Technical Note:

Photographs after March 3, 2008, were taken with a Nikon D200 – or a Nikon D70 when noted. All previous photographs were taken with the D70. The lenses used are (1) AF-S Nikkor 18-70 mm 1:35-4.5G ED, or (2) AF Nikkor 70-300 mm telephoto, or (3) AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 55-200 mm f/4-5.6G ED. Photography here is modified for web posting using Adobe Photoshop 7.0.  The earliest photography in the archives was done with a Sony Mavica digital still camera (MVC-FD-88) with built-in digital zoom.

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