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Nob Hill: 1959
Submitted by Rute Boye on Fri, 09/07/2012 - 9:44pm.
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Here's a view of California Street in San Francisco, with the photographer's back to Nob Hill. I like the orange & white station wagon! Anscochrome, 1959. View full size.
Sedan Delivery
Submitted by Cerrito68 on Sun, 09/23/2012 - 11:54pm.
The orange and white Chevy sedan delivery is a '54 with its distinctive vertical grille teeth removed! I wonder if some hot-rodder stole them since they were popular items--they placed more of them in their own '54 Chevy's grilles for that custom touch. Black coupe going down the street is a '49 or '50 Ford and parked at right is a c52-54 Ford.
That station wagon
Submitted by tterrace on Fri, 09/07/2012 - 10:08pm.
That's actually a Chevrolet "Sedan Delivery," 1953 I'd say. Sort of a cross between a van and a station wagon, generally with a front seat only. Often used, as the name implies, for delivering smaller items, but I remember seeing them used by plumbers and electricians.
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