The Australian diva owned numerous cars – a Rolls Royce, Pierce-Arrow, Renault, Fiat and a Cadillac.
But she preferred to be driven.
This photo was taken in London in the first years of the 20th century.
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Enough. Zero comments so others agree.
Well speaking as an old-car buff (as well as being old and a car buff) I don’t mind NL’s excuse to find and publish these interesting vintage photographs. And other commenters have done a good job of identifying the cars so I must not be the only one who thinks like this.
It is perhaps a very slender excuse to run them, but I find them fun to look at even if there isn’t much to be said about them in the comment section.
I wonder how many people who have eaten Melba toast, or enjoyed a Pêche Melba, have any idea why it’s called that, since they surely don’t have much in common from a calorie standpoint.
“Don’t serve me this effete opera singer food! Give me a real, solid American dinner, like Turkey Tetrazzini!”