Maestros and motor cars: (2) Arturo Toscanini
UncategorizedHe preferred the passenger seat.
Photo from the 1930s, probably London.
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Note steering wheel location. Did he bring the car with him from the US? Probably not.
Wasn’t Toscanini quite myopic and not fond of wearing glasses in public? Probably just as well that he preferred to be driven.
Surely, if he preferred the passenger seat, it’s probably not London.
Not London. Salzburg during the Festspiel…
With all due caution: Salzburg, because of the windows in the background.
The car is almost certainly a Packard Super Eight from 1935 or 1936, like this one. Note the louvers on the hood and the position of the door handle, as well as the shape of the window and the vent. That argues for a US location. https://www.stlouiscarmuseum.com/vehicles/900/1936-packard-super-eight-1405