That was stupid. Not even same color!!!
MY APOLOGIES!
On May 29, 2012, at 6:31 PM, rande wrote:
> I've known of this photo since college around 1972, but am just asking for
help
> about it now.
>
> In some editions of the Bill Owens coffee table book SUBURBIA, the cover
photo
> is a couple in lawn chairs on their driveway, their son on roller skates
next
> to them, the garage door is open, and inside is a boat on the left and
either
> a Tiger or an Alpine on the right. I'm trying to find out if any of our
Northern
> California folks know either the car or the people and what model Sunbeam
it
> is. I'll give you all of the information I have so far.
>
> The California black plate number is UGT 517.
>
> The license plate dealer frame is from Jay's Auto Imports, in San Leandro,
CA
>
>
> The photo also appeared in the Week in Review section of the New York
Times,
> dated May 18, 1997, and their caption read, "Livermore, Calif. 1970:
Savoring
> life in the middle class, when it's easier to define."
>
> The photo credit: Bill Owens (photographer) from the Robert Koch Gallery,
San
> Francisco
>
> I found an easy to view image online by Googling images and searching for
> 'Bill Owens Suburbia'.
>
> The car has reverse lights, but I can't make out the area left of the
license
> plate on the boot/trunk where a 'Sunbeam Tiger' emblem pair might be, and
the
> area underneath the bumper is too dark to check if the car has 'twice
pipes'.
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