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- 5th Avenue North and 20th Street
- 20th St N & 5th Ave N, SW corner
- Clubs vs Gyms
- Black romance
- Norris Lake
- A splash of color anyone ?
- High voltage indeed.
- DANGER: time stopped ahead
- Norris Dam and reservoir
- One suggestion ...
- My hoist is bigger
- A lesson in composition
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- +117
- Now I'm Satisfied
- A Barrel Of Laughs
- "Direct From European Triumphs"
- 10th Avenue bridge
- Now it's water under the bridge
- Millers and sawyers
- Two Saints walk into a bar ...
- Building ... what?
- Wondered Where Her Life Went
- Psst ... don't turn around
- Somebody
- Moonlight Elevator
- Next Frame Please
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Merry Old Cole: 1919
San Francisco, 1919. "Cole auto." Climb in, if you can figure out how. The yard last seen here. 5x7 glass negative by Christopher Helin. View full size.
Two doors, one wide aisleway
with all due respect to fellow Shorpy enthusiast T. Water, this beautiful little roadster was in fact a 2-door called the Cole 861 Tuxedo Roadster, which according to a factory ad was "A perfect dream." It has the snappy double-cowl design, "with rear compartment access...provided by a wide aisleway between the front seats." Plus, it was powered by a "giant 70 horsepower" V8 displacing a whopping 5.7 liters.
Three Doors
The Cole was a high-end V8-powered car. This car had three doors. One driver's side and two passenger side. It was not an entirely uncommon body style. Many municipalities had laws regarding entering or exiting a car on the street side.
Ingress
Door latch is probably on the inside. It is a roadster which has no side windows and outside one is not really needed.
[The question is how to get into the back seat. See above. - Dave]
The address
Taken in front of the still extant 1701 Franklin Street.
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