Took a bt of time to identify the ivy-covered doors in the background. It's the First Unitarian Church at the intersection of Franklin and Geary Streets, just a block away from San Francisco's "Auto Row" along Van Ness Avenue.

Great old building, but the engulfing ivy was eating away the mortar between the granite blocks and it was all stripped off during recent preservation work, hence the challenge in recognizing the bare doorways.

But it ran when last parked. The cart-sprung front axle and friction dampers guarantee a manly ride on any pavement, and it wears its battle scars with pride. The putative owner looks as if he's seen it all as well.

Given his outfit, it must be mid-summer in the City By The Bay!

It would be instructive to know the circumstances behind this photo. It's clearly not for the auto section of the Examiner's Sunday rotogravure. A cross-country drive for record? If so, where are the tools and water bags? Or perhaps its owner merely wanted to be immortalized with his favorite ride?