I agree. Gottlieb's words, as translated from German by the very accurate and well-respected Ms. Kimes, were heartwarming, in my opinion, and I tried to sell M-B on using them in a commercial during my tenure on that account, but to no avail. On the Mercedes website, they have at long last acknowledged the origin of the star and rewrite its history blandly: "...he had marked a star above his own house on a picture postcard of Cologne and Deutz, and had written to his wife that this star would one day shine over his own factory to symbolize prosperity."
Paul On Aug 1, 2012, at 1:34 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > 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. -- 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.
