The leatherette and isinglass windshield supported by brass rods was most likely made by a company in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Known as "Cambridge Windshields," they were mostly used on sporting type cars.

Also note that the car appears to have Rhode Island license plate number 1.

Out on a limb. It looks like the 1912 Thomas Flyer Model MC 6-40 Roadster. radiator and spare tire mounts are similar.

1912–17
Black numbers on white porcelain plate;
Design .............. vertical "RI" at left
Slogan .............. none
Serial format ...... 12345
1 to approximately ... 35000

Rhode Island reused numbers from earlier expired registrations. The reason being they did not want to exceed the 99,999 numbering scheme limit. They did exceed that limit in 1913.

That said, this is the first 1912 registration. suggesting the auto is 1912 or earlier vintage.

I’m always trying to spot birds in these old photos whether they are in trees, on wires or on buildings. I have yet to find many in my several years of looking. I think Dave said it was mostly due to shutter speed? Anyway, I finally spy a pigeon on the grass in front!

That black-on-white license plate on the cool roadster is a 1912 Rhode Island dealer's license number 1. Collectors would pay four-figures for that today.

I love the car at the curb. Probably hard to identify it here, and the bolt-on split windshield is something I've never seen before in my 40+ years in the antique car hobby.

[That's some sort of fabric snap-on shroud. - Dave]

Pretty much everything else is gone, 'cepting the BPL (behind the trees) and Trinity Church (behind the photog).

Until his passing in 1960, my grandfather was maître d' in the Merry-Go-Round Room on the first floor just inside the righthand entrance. The lounge closed for a day in his honor.

This grand old lady still stands.

What make is that automobile in the foreground? It almost looks like an early model Jeep. I wonder if any Shorpy fan can identify it and what year it was manufactured?