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San Francisco circa 1931. "Hudson 8 Club Sedan." Or, as branded by its maker, the "Greater Hudson 8" -- a step up from the previous year's merely Great Eight. 5x7 inch dry plate glass negative by Christopher Helin. View full size.
That may be a classic car, but her double-breasted wool coat (probably camel) is as stylish today as it was then.
Hopefully they got their pictures quickly, and moved the car before it leaked something on the sidewalk. Cars (even new cars) weren't sealed so tightly back then.
The Hudson sedan is parked in front of the Flood Mansion at 2222 Broadway Street in the city.
Very little has changed in the last 87 years, except the once-private residence is now the private school Convent of the Sacred Heart.
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