There were a few Cords on campus today and took some shots of them. Not anywhere near my favorite care of the pre-war era, but still nice to see. Especially with the bug spatters of well driven cars.
They were parked in front of Hermann Hall, the building that used to be known as the Hotel Del Monte. It was the most luxurious hotel on the west coast, and was rightly compared to the finest hotels in New York City in its day. It was taken over by the navy in WW2, and later converted into the Naval Postgraduate School. As a symbol of opulence, with 3 of the most expensive American cars you could buy in that period parked out front, I felt it needed a classic treatment. So I desaturated the picture and added some graining to replicate old film.
great photo....but why were they there? Any idea?
ReplyDeletei LOVE this picture! what a great job you did capturing this! too bad you cdn't boost me one of them there cars!
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