This page is all about San Diegans and their automobiles. Our Photo Archives has many more images of nearly forgotten automobiles. We welcome your donations of photos, especially those where San Diego people and places can be clearly identified.
- Mr. & Mrs. A.G. Spalding in Point Loma
- John U. Widrin’s Bicycle Repair Shop 1532 F Street, c. 1903, 2 Olds at right
- Ruth & Vida Patterson in Maxwell outside their home 2148 Broadway 1904
- Postmaster Leslie Clevinger 1905 Knoxmobile
- F.E. Patterson driving Franklin with wife Kate c. 1905
- Barney Oldfield at Lakeside Track April 1907
- John Barrett (left rear) and Joseph Sefton (right rear) for Expo groundbreaking, 7/19/1911 in 1909 Lozer Briarcliff
- Irving and Anna Brockett in front, Charles and Addie Chandler in back 2-cylinder Duro, c 1909 detail
- Ed Fletcher (driver), William Gross, Mrs. Fletcher & man in back Sweetwater, 1909
- “Ma” Mead, head of Resthaven Preventorium, with her Detroit Electric Automobile, c. 1926 Baker Motor Vehicle Co, Cleveland Ohio
- Franklin Model E Touring 1911-13 Ed Fletcher, Tribune Gazette Pathfinder
- John U. Widrin shows Overland to three well-dressed women in hats c. 1912
- Madame Tingley exits Locomobile, 1911-12
- Mr. & Mrs. C.W. Winn in Cadillac c. 1913
- Dr. Harry W. Wegeforth and Stoddard-Dayton roadster May 1912; Pierce Arrow in back
- Point Loma racetrack #9 Peugeot, c. 1914
- Willys-Knight Overland Davies Overland, Broadway btwn 14th & 15th, c. 1926
- La Fayette at Organ Pavilion, Balboa Park 1922
- Empire 1913 at Old Point Loma Lighthouse
- 1922 Moon model 6-48 at Spreckels Organ Pavilion, Balboa Park 1922, Moon Motor Car Co., St. Louis, Missouri
- Cleveland Greyhound at Sacramento Valley Building, Balboa Park 1922
- Studebaker at the Savoy Theatre 1925
- Rare 1923 Roamer Roadster at Organ Pavilion, Balboa Park
- 1922-3 Maxwell at the E Street Carnegie Public Library Maxwell Champ
- Mme. Schumann-Heink with DeSoto in front of her home
- Young people drive Dort down steps of San Diego H.S. c. 1925; built Flint, MI
- 1928 Durants in Balboa Park K.G.B. Gang
- 1934 Chevrolet at Casa Del Prado, Balboa Park for City Chevrolet
- Marmon, Balboa Park 1930; by Nordyke and Marmon Co., Indianapolis, Indiana
- Thelma’s Dash Inn at Euclid & Market 1931 Chevrolet Coupe, 1931 Indian 4 motorcycle
- Associated Oil Co., 30th & El Cajon Ford, 1931 Plymouth
- John D. Spreckels home, Coronado young woman with 1932 Dodge
- Toigo’s Auto Body & Paint Shop, 1950s 1340 Union
- Architect William Templeton Johnson in Hotchkiss auto 1917
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