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1919. "Paige touring car at San Francisco Golf Club." When a Caddy just isn't enough. 5x7 glass negative by Christopher Helin. View full size.
Those small doors make the Paige look even bigger. Easy to see why rear doors are small, but why didn't Paige make the front doors larger. Tight squeeze getting behind that steering wheel.
That appears to be an image of the California grizzly bear on the license plate, an homage to the short-lived Bear Flag Republic of 1846. Could that bear alternatively indicate that the car's owner is an alumnus of UC-Berkeley and its Cal Bears? I don't know whether association plates were offered that long ago.
[It's a star. Between 1916-1919 the image indicated the year of the plate's registration: 1916-bear; 1917-poppy; 1918-Liberty Bell; 1919-star. -tterrace]
Why do they look like they were put on by 8-year-olds?
[They're imitating the thatched roof on an English cottage. - Dave]
It looks like a scene from Downton Abbey.
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