hodge podge of autos that caught my attention

 I missed noting on this photo what this car is. But Greg identified it as a 'Duesenberg Model J'

 Billie Burke in San Francisco's Presidio Park drving her Studebaker

 Century

 Dodge... with a chauffer? In a Dodge? Really?

 Henry Ford in his first automobile

 Franklin

 1927 Holland Tunnel in New York

 New York hot dog stand 1935 in Manhattan

 a safety idea that didn't stick

 1909 flight of the Wright brothers... but look at the elegant horse carriage

 Lady Astor, a parliament member in  England and her Terraplane

 a Packard 12, 7 passenger limo

 Panhard and Levassor

 Regal

 This Supercharged Graham 120 won over 4 other v8 autos in a contest to win the favor of this fire dept chief

 REO Flying Cloud

 The first Oldsmobile, 1896

A Winton stripped down for racing

all found while browsing through http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/

Hudson Terraplane dash and speedometer instrument gauge, unique in being in the center of the top of the dash

good looking design

and the shifter stalk, about the size of a normal flashlight... good looking elegant design for the 1930's. The Tucker had the same shifter