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San Francisco, 1919. "Grant Six touring car at Alta Plaza Park." Manifesting a variety of conveyances for young and old, in this latest psalm from the Shorpy Bible of Bygone Buggies. (Footnote: running-board doormat.) View full size.
Frank O. Renstrom, who was previously seen here. The driver seems to be Renstrom.
The entrance to the park behind the car appears to be at Washington and Steiner streets:
Shorpy has the best descriptions. "Shorpy Bible of Bygone Buggies". I also particularly liked "Forgotten Phaetons" and "Brobdingnagian Broughams".
The earliest dated ones that I have seen.
[California dealer plates with both the word and the date were first issued in 1915. -tterrace]
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