MAY CONTAIN NUTS
HOME
 
JUMP TO PAGE   100  >  200  >  300  >  400  >  500  >  600
VINTAGRAPH • WPA • WWII • YOU MEAN A WOMAN CAN OPEN IT?

Car & Drivers: 1919

1919. "Paige touring car at San Francisco Golf Club." When a Caddy just isn't enough. 5x7 glass negative by Christopher Helin. View full size.

1919. "Paige touring car at San Francisco Golf Club." When a Caddy just isn't enough. 5x7 glass negative by Christopher Helin. View full size.

 

On Shorpy:
Today’s Top 5

Car Doors

Those small doors make the Paige look even bigger. Easy to see why rear doors are small, but why didn't Paige make the front doors larger. Tight squeeze getting behind that steering wheel.

Club house today

Current view of club house.

Bearly possible

That appears to be an image of the California grizzly bear on the license plate, an homage to the short-lived Bear Flag Republic of 1846. Could that bear alternatively indicate that the car's owner is an alumnus of UC-Berkeley and its Cal Bears? I don't know whether association plates were offered that long ago.

[It's a star. Between 1916-1919 the image indicated the year of the plate's registration: 1916-bear; 1917-poppy; 1918-Liberty Bell; 1919-star. -tterrace]

Shingles

Why do they look like they were put on by 8-year-olds?

[They're imitating the thatched roof on an English cottage. - Dave]

Classy setting

It looks like a scene from Downton Abbey.

Syndicate content  Shorpy.com is a vintage photography site featuring thousands of high-definition images. The site is named after Shorpy Higginbotham, a teenage coal miner who lived 100 years ago. Contact us | Privacy policy | Accessibility Statement | Site © 2024 Shorpy Inc.