The Snapshots in Time Collection
Four Women on a City Street Beside a Touring Automobile, c. Early 1920s
Four fashionably attired young women gather beside a touring automobile on a bustling city street in this early 1920s photograph. Their long wool coats, fur trim, and cloche hats reflect the era's changing silhouette in women's fashion, while the parked automobile itself -- with its folding canvas top and wooden spoked wheels -- speaks to the growing accessibility of motor travel in urban America. The commercial storefronts and awnings lining the street situate the scene within a thriving downtown shopping district of the period. Project: 218577