Great shots and fascinating article, Paul. Appreciated the additional illumination in your original post too.
On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 1:45 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks Ken. Yes, I covered the St. John's concours for the Times. Great > show, with some fabulous cars. I was, of course, attracted to the odd bits. > I did a brief review and included nine photos with captions, including then > and now pics of the Jag and race day and show day pics of the Porsche. But > the Times auto group is shorthanded this week with everyone on vacation, so > they just pasted up two pics. The readers complained a bit, so I didn't have > to:-). It's here: > > http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/31/head-turners-and-heartstring-tugs-at-the-st-johns-concours/ > On Aug 1, 2012, at 1:04 PM, Kenneth Waller 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. > > > -- > 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. -- -bmw -- 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.
