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  • Today on Shorpy: San Francisco circa 1920. "Studebaker touring car and biplane at airfield."

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  • #2
    Yes, a Light Six touring. Neat photo. Must be a story there.
    Richard Quinn
    Editor emeritus: Antique Studebaker Review

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    • #3
      Must be a story there.


      Well there is, he was making very good money to support an airplane, A Studebaker touring and a woman with a mink stole.
      101st Airborne Div. 326 Engineers Ft Campbell Ky.

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      • #4
        Looks like a smoke stack behind the plane....any idea what that is? I looked for train tracks bud did not see.
        Diesel loving, autocrossing, Coupe express loving, Grandpa Architect.

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        • #5
          Great old pic. Thanks for sharing.
          Bill

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          • #6
            Wonder if it might be from the movie set from "Hell's Angels"?
            Pretty high end pic...
            Though the movie was shot in 1930, Howard Hughes was a stickler for details, so the 1920 car would have looked 'period correct'....
            Just a swag...

            HTIH (Hope The Info Helps)

            Jeff


            Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please. Mark Twain



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