What Make of Car Is It? 



By Prescott Lecky 



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AS your 

 car a Ro- 

 man nose, 

 pug? 



or IS It 

 Do its ears 

 stand out or lop 

 over? Its eyes 

 — are they far 

 apart or close 

 together, deep- 

 set, large, high 

 or low? 



This is by no 

 means nonsense. 

 It is the mclhoil 

 of aulomfjl^ile 

 idenlificatioii 

 now being 

 taught the two 

 hundred and 



fifty policemen who guard the oullols of 

 New York city, such as ferries, bridges 

 and main roads. The characteristics of 



New York's 

 police receiving 

 instruction in 

 automobile 

 identification. 

 Fifty-four differ- 

 ent machines 

 are thoroughly 

 learned so that 

 only a glance is 

 needed to tell 

 the make of car 



Every visible 

 part of an auto- 

 mobile is consid- 

 ered separately. 

 To simplify 

 matters, the car 

 is likened to a 

 human being, 

 identification 

 being from three 

 angle s — f a c e , 

 profile and rear 

 as the charts on 

 the picture be- 

 low show 



(he (lilliM'cnl makes of cars JKne been 

 compared and the iiidixiihial fcalmes, 

 or "factors of ideniiruation" c.infullv 



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