Strattonville Auto Wreckers, Strattanville, Pennsylvania, 1936-1950

Photographic cards like this one, with their glued-on labels, were a preliminary step taken by Dexter Press before producing postcards for small-business owners to mail or hand out to customers. All cars eventually became obsolete -- the question then was what to do with them. Sprawling lots of used, used-up, and wrecked cars became a common sight along highways.