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November 1938. Shafter, California. "During the cotton strike, the father, a striking picker, has left his wife and child in the car while he applies to the Farm Security Administration for an emergency food grant." Medium format negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
The car is, indeed, a sport coupe but it is not the rumble seat that differentiates it from the more pedestrian offerings from FoMoCo. It is the soft, non-folding, top. Buyers with a few more dollars to spend could have spiffed it up with, non-functional, landau irons. BTW, rumble seats were available on all Model A coupes and roadsters, whether standard or deluxe versions
A 1928 Model A Ford Coupe, probably a Sport Coupe since it has a rumble seat (see step-on fender).
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