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Family Car: See yourself as others see you

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Today's picture offers a what looks like a lot less than we have had to work with than in the past when dating the car in an image. The image was copied from pictures owned by Florence Kling Harding, wife of Warren G. Harding, 29th President of United States.  As a matter of fact, according to the Florence Harding collector - one of the best on the country, that is lady herself sitting in the passenger seat. The identity of the young woman on the bumper, taking the photographer's picture while they take hers is unknown. My grandmother used to call these pictures - where pictures of the picture taker were taken "See yourself as others see you" images. So, lets talk cars and what we know about this vehicle.  First off, the car is wearing Ohio Tags from 1915.  How do we know this?  Over the woman's right shoulder, our left when looking at the picture is the upper corner of a 1915 Ohio License Plate.  It has a distinctive design in that "OHIO" ap...