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San Francisco, 1928. "Pontiac at Golden Gate Park." Not to worry, that dent should Photoshop right out. 5x7 glass negative by Christopher Helin. View full size.
Back in the day, right-front dents were extremely common due to the high hood lines that blocked the driver's view of the offside fender -- an obvious hazard in close quarters. Even though this had been a major consumer complaint for many years, it took stylists until the late '40s to begin to flatten hoods and raise fender lines to the point that the right front corner of the car came into the driver's field of view.
Back when a fender was really a fender.
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