Shot by Vivian Maier using a Rolleiflex 3.5T with 75mm Tessar lens. Low angle looking up. Distance: 10 feet from subject. A canary-yellow and white Nash Metropolitan compact car is parked at a steep angle on Russian Hill, its small dimensions perfectly suited for San Francisco's challenging topography. A cable car clangs past as passengers hang from its side railings, tourists capturing the iconic scene with Kodak Brownies. The diminutive Metropolitan, often mistaken for a foreign import though assembled in England for the American Motor Company, has its wheels turned properly toward the curb as required by the city's parking regulations. The Golden Gate Bridge is visible in the distance, partially obscured by evening fog rolling in from the Pacific. A bohemian couple in black turtlenecks and berets examines a City Lights bookstore purchase on a nearby stoop while beatnik poets gather at a corner café. The Metropolitan's continental tire kit on the rear bumper adds a touch of sophistication to the economical runabout as a businessman in a gray flannel suit trudges up the steep sidewalk, briefcase in hand. Seagulls wheel overhead as the evening light turns golden, casting long shadows across the Metropolitan's curved fenders while the first lights begin to twinkle in apartments overlooking the bay.