interesting huge sticker on the passenger side of the windshield
Help Prevent Fires, 1929, Non-Resident Permit, State of California
Thank you TokyoTon! https://digitallibrary.usc.edu/asset-management/2A3BF1O5A29YN?WS=SearchResults&Flat=FP&FR_=1&W=1920&H=911
Paul Whiteman's manager & car
Not a Minerva. The car is a 1927 Stutz Blackhawk.
ReplyDeletewell, those are similar little hood ornaments, and I was relying on a very old memory of the last time I saw a Minerva in person, about 12 years ago at the LaJolla Concours https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2013/04/1930-minerva.html.
DeleteThanks for the quick correction before people pig piled on me in the comments section!
Did you visually recognize it as a Stutz? or did you need to check that it wasn't a Minerva?
do you have a guess about the window sticker?
DeleteSpotted it as a Stutz at once, quite recognisable as an American car rather than a Belgian one. Sorry, no clue on the window sticker.
DeleteI found the source of the photo and the description stated "University of Southern California, Help Prevent Fires, 1929, Non-Resident Permit, State of California, Division of...
ReplyDeletewow! Can you please send me the link? Thanks!
Deletehttps://digitallibrary.usc.edu/asset-management/2A3BF1O5A29YN?WS=SearchResults&Flat=FP&FR_=1&W=2068&H=1126
Deletethank you!
DeleteNinjaed by above. I sharpened a bit and got "Help Prevent Fires" and "Non-Resident Permit," but none of the rest.
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