BSAAC Car Show

July 12, 2026 — On my 14th visit in 17 years, possibly more than any other, to the Bay State Antique Automobile Club show at the Endicott estate in Dedham, Massachusetts, I captured the most photos of any show so far this season.

However, the show is still well below attendance in its best years. A select few of the finest cars always had a prominent position on the front lawn, directly in front of the Endicott mansion. This is where you saw the Pierce-Arrows, Packards and Duesenbergs. This year there was a 1928 fire engine that had been there last year in the truck section. Other than that, there was an Edsel and a Mercury. Beautifully restored cars, but not exceptional. Only a 1932 Buick reminded me of better days.

The club does a good job of grouping vehicles by class. There's a custom section, an Oldsmobile section,  a brass era section and a truck section, but some of these sections are disappearing as declining participation is making it more difficult to fill them. The largest section for one make is always the Cadillac section.

It's still a good show in spite of my complaints. You can view my photographic production at this link:

https://www.linwoodstreet.com/endicott2026/

Sullivan's 250th Celebration of America

July 11, 2026 — Yes, there's a small town named Sullivan in New Hampshire. There's also a Sullivan County, but that's not where the town of Sullivan is. The town is in Cheshire Country. Both are named for John Sullivan, a Revolutionary War general and New Hampshire governor.

Now that we've got that trivia out of the way, let's have a look at the town of Sullivan's 250th Celebration of America with patriotic observances, food and craft sales, and a car show. It being a farm community, there was also a collection of beautifully restored tractors.

This is small town America at its most charming. Have a look at this link:

https://www.linwoodstreet.com/sullivancelebration/

Wolfeboro Lions Car Show

July 5, 2026 — Ending the three-day Fourth of July weekend and a brutal heat wave found us at the Wolfeboro Lions Club Car Show in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. Wolfeboro, on the shore of Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire, lays claim to the title "The Oldest Summer Resort in America."

Not a large show, but there were some exceptional vehicles. I tried to select some of the best for these web pages. You can have a look at this link:

https://www.linwoodstreet.com/wolfeboro26/

Wicked Big Car & Truck Nationals

June 27, 2026 — New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon hosted the show called Wicked Big Car & Truck Nationals. The sprawling speedway is easy to get lost in, with tunnels dividing two sections. This show was comprised mostly of customs, some professionally produced, and specialty cars and trucks.

The day was bright and sunny, somewhat hard to find so far this spring and early summer. Cars were being thrown into spin-outs on one track all day, filling the area with the sound of screeching tires. Besides a brief video of this crazed activity, beneficial only to the tire sellers, I tried to find the most interesting vehicles, and there were many, including a couple of trucks as big as small houses.

You can see the results of my efforts at this link:

https://www.linwoodstreet.com/wickedcar/index.htm

 

Topsfield Auto Show

June 13, 2026 — It was a busy day in the town of Topsfield, Massachusetts. A car show was held on the spacious and attractive grounds of the Congregational Church while just across the street the Strawberry Festival was going on in the Town Common.

The 300-year-old church made an attractive centerpiece for the car show which offered a good variety of classics from the '40s on up, a few trucks and a custom here and there. Another impressive building overlooking the show was the 1873 Topsfield Town Hall.

In the Strawberry Festival across the street many craft booths offered a variety of locally made products, some farm machinery, a live band and delicious strawberry shortcakes that kept people lined up to sample them all day.

You can see some of the action at this link:

https://www.linwoodstreet.com/topsfield/

 

Goffstown and Marlborough

June 6-7, 2026 — I thought the weekend was lost. Right up until Friday all the meteorologists were predicting heavy rain and thunderstorms Saturday and Sunday. They couldn't have been more wrong. Saturday was muggy with a thin cloud cover most of the day, but no rain. The Goffstown Rotary Car Show in Goffstown, New Hampshire, took advantage of the unexpected dry weather and hosted a large turnout of cars and spectators. This and Bow Rotary are a couple of my must-see shows to start off every season. A lot of the same cars show up year after year and it's difficult to find cars I haven't photographed before, so I try to make up for the repetition with different photographic compositions.

Sunday was even better with bright sun, occasionally blocked by puffy white clouds, at the Marlborough Main Street Care Show in Marlborough, Massachusetts. Marlborough is turning into a primarily custom and personal car show, much bigger than Goffstown Rotary but I had trouble finding more variety. But it's still great show in a very photogenic downtown with its city hall tower and the ornate First Baptist Church anchoring one end of Main Street. A marching band comes through once at every show, scattering the crowd. This year Heather Storm, television host, producer, director and car expert, greeted spectators and posed for pictures with them.

You can see my coverage of Goffstown Rotary Car Show at this link:

https://www.linwoodstreet.com/goffstown2026/

And Marlborough Main Street Car Show at this link:

https://www.linwoodstreet.com/marlborough26/

May 20, 2016 — Good turnout for the Bow Rotary Car Show in Bow, New Hampshire, hosted by the Rotary Club. It was the first warm, summer-like day of the season in a cool, wet spring so far. There were some exceptional imports and a good selection of American brands, vintage as well as nearly new.

Bow Rotary is a relatively small show I often begin the season with. It draws many of the same cars year after year, and I refrained from photographing some I have shot many times before. Still, I came away with 55 photos, not a bad score. You can see those I admired most at this link:

https://www.linwoodstreet.com/bowrotary26/