Nice captures Paul. these were captured @ St Johns Sunday? -----Original Message----- >From: Paul Stenquist <[email protected]>
>Subject: Ms. Jelenik and a Star > >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.
