Lovely old beasts. Um, I don't know that ""From this house a star shall rise that will bring great fortune to us and our children" sounds all that greedy. Seems a fairly innocuous exclamation from a hopeful inventor trying to impress his young bride and get him to forgive the long weekends in the shed and the greasy hoofprints on the kitchen floor... ;-)
On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 10:04 AM, Kenneth Waller <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- 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.
