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Franklins at the Flood: 1928

San Francisco, 1928. "Col. M. Franklin with Franklin Airman at Flood Mansion (Pacific Union Club), Nob Hill." Even not counting the lion perched on the fake radiator, we have a small crowd here. Photo by Christopher Helin. View full size.

San Francisco, 1928. "Col. M. Franklin with Franklin Airman at Flood Mansion (Pacific Union Club), Nob Hill." Even not counting the lion perched on the fake radiator, we have a small crowd here. Photo by Christopher Helin. View full size.

 

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Some of the small crowd

Besides Col. Franklin, I spy:
1. Someone - possiby a waiter - with his back turned to the window of the Flood mansion
2. In the farthest driver side rear window, the reflection of a man smoking a cigarette
3. On the left headlight, the reflection of what looks like a woman, possibly waving
[That's the happy hatted car owner; the fixture's curvature is acting like a fisheye lens. -tterrace]
4. On the left front bumper, the reflection of what may be a policeman, who is possibly present to make sure neither Col. Franklin nor the photographer, nor the smoker, nor the lady, or run over by a careless motorist.
[I think you mean fender, not bumper, but I don't see a person. -tterrace]
I do not think we see a reflection of the photographer, but I am willing to be corrected.
I learned from Google that Franklin developed aircarft engines, including those that powered helicopters.

Fake radiator

Not familiar with this model/make car, I cannot se how the radiator could be deemed to be fake.

[Franklins had air-cooled engines and did not need functioning radiators. - tterrace]

"Airman"

So named after Charles Lindbergh, who accepted a Franklin car as an honor after his flight; being a thrifty Midwesterner, he drove it until around 1940.

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