Cadillac Model 30 Touring Car Florida NY Plate 1913 - 1950s RPPC Photo Postcard

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View Cadillac Model 30 Touring Car Florida NY Plate 1913 - 1950s RPPC Photo Postcard with current marketplace pricing, condition, product images and item details. Families like the one pictured were the advance guard of that transformation. The sharpness and tonal quality indicate it was printed from the original negative, making this a Type 2 photograph, printed c1950s. A 5.5x3.5" vintage RPPC photo postcard from the estate of a vintage automobile postcard collector. This was part of a huge collection of antique postcards. Photo Overview A family outing captured on a sandy Southern lane around 1913, this real photo postcard shows a large brass-era touring car - very likely a Cadillac Model 30 seven-passenger tourer - loaded with well-dressed passengers in period hats. The right-hand-drive automobile carries a New York license plate reading B32-796, dated 1913, mounted prominently below its twin drum electric headlights. Palmettos, pine trees, and a long white picket fence line the sandy driveway, strongly suggesting a Florida winter resort setting, with these New Yorkers enjoying the kind of Southern motoring vacation that was becoming fashionable among affluent Northern families. The close-up angle gives wonderful detail of the car itself: the louvered hood, folded-down top, running boards, wooden artillery wheels, and radiator ornament are all clearly visible, making this a fine study for early automobile enthusiasts and Cadillac collectors alike. Historical Notes The scene here documents the very beginning of automobile tourism in Florida. In 1913, wealthy Northerners with cars like this one were pioneers - paved roads were nearly nonexistent in the state, and motoring parties navigated sandy trails much like the one shown. Within a few years, the Dixie Highway (begun 1915) would open Florida to a flood of automobile tourists, the so-called Tin Can Tourists, culminating in the great Florida land boom of the 1920s. Families like the one pictured were the advance guard of that transformation. The Cadillac Model 30 itself was a landmark automobile: it introduced the electric self-starter in 1912, an innovation credited with opening motoring to women and families by eliminating the dangerous hand crank. The twin electric headlamps visible here were part of that same Delco electrical system, which won Cadillac the Dewar Trophy and helped cement its 'Standard of the World' reputation. Browse our complete RPPC Photo Postcard photograph collection. Text Present On the front, the license plate reads: 'B32-796' with 'N.Y. 1913' in small letters. On the back: 'PHOTO POST CARD' and 'ADDRESS' with a Kodak stamp box reading 'Kodak - PLACE STAMP HERE - Paper'. Print analysis The Kodak 'Paper' stamp box on the reverse is a style Kodak used from approximately 1950 onward, indicating this print was made decades after the circa 1913 image was captured. The sharpness and tonal quality indicate it was printed from the original negative, making this a Type 2 photograph, printed c1950s. The image content, license plate, clothing, and automobile all confirm the scene itself dates to 1913. Condition All postcards we sell are in fair to excellent vintage condition. Category: Collectibles › Postcards & Supplies › Postcards › Topographical Postcards.