Pictured here are my 1952 Allstate (the version of the Henry J sold by Sears) and an unusual 1955 Cadillac coupe photographed on Good Friday 1961 at the Portsmouth, Va., naval shipyard’s general parking lot.
At that time, I was in my third year of a six-year tour of the world, courtesy of Uncle Sam. I had recently purchased the four-cylinder Allstate for $70 and an upcoming trip to Pittsburgh was to be its maiden voyage under my ownership.
I never did meet the ’55 Cadillac’s owner, as he was on another ship. However, I did see the car numerous other times in parking lots and did not take any more pictures of
