Both are very fine shots of very fine autos. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > This 1911 Mercedes Model 50 Touring Car was among the first Daimler cars to > wear both the Mercedes name and the three-pointed star. The Mercedes name > came about in 1900 when a French dealer named Emil Jellinek promised to order > a large number of vehicles if Daimler would brand them Mercedes, a name Mr. > Jellinek applied to most of his possessions, including his daughter. The star > came along in 1910 when Paul Daimler, who took the helm of the company when > Gottlieb died, was searching for a logo to represent the brand. Looking > through an old family album he found a photo of the family home that had been > inscribed by his father with a three-pointed star and an an inscription that > read, "From this house a star shall rise that will bring great fortune to us > and our children." (In its current pubs, Daimler has paraphrased those words, > so old Gottlieb doesn't sound quite so greedy, but according to automotive > historian, Beverly Rae Kimes, the original copy read as indicated above.) > > In any case, by 1911, both Mercedes and the star were featured prominently on > Daimler automobiles. > > This Model 50 Five Passenger, with bespoke coachwork by Maythorne & Sons, was > purchased in London 57 years ago by Scott Isquick, who now resides in > Pennsylvania. He and his wife are still enjoying it and have driven it about > 65,000 miles over the years. Not bad for an old brass-era machine. > > The star and Mercedes: > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16218452 > > Mr. Isquick's Merc: > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16218532&size=lg > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
