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Re: Cars and Dolls #17
« Reply #25 on: April 01, 2012, 03:57:23 AM »
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No, not exactly. But time behind the wheel was a big part of her job.
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Re: Cars and Dolls #17
« Reply #26 on: April 01, 2012, 03:58:33 AM »
Sorry, somehow I missed that exchange. Was she a promoter of a car brand?
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Re: Cars and Dolls #17
« Reply #27 on: April 01, 2012, 04:05:45 AM »
While this brand of cars was widely used by racers - and by ordinary folks - she was not promoting a racing car.
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Re: Cars and Dolls #17
« Reply #28 on: April 01, 2012, 04:25:37 AM »
Was she a German?
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Re: Cars and Dolls #17
« Reply #29 on: April 01, 2012, 05:23:04 AM »
No sir
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Re: Cars and Dolls #17
« Reply #30 on: April 01, 2012, 09:13:48 AM »
British?
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Re: Cars and Dolls #17
« Reply #31 on: April 01, 2012, 09:26:49 AM »
Nope
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Re: Cars and Dolls #17
« Reply #32 on: April 01, 2012, 09:48:33 AM »
French?
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Re: Cars and Dolls #17
« Reply #33 on: April 01, 2012, 10:10:12 AM »
Was she a relative of the car brand's director?
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Re: Cars and Dolls #17
« Reply #34 on: April 01, 2012, 01:59:58 PM »
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Re: Cars and Dolls #17
« Reply #35 on: April 01, 2012, 02:00:37 PM »
Quote from: pnegyesi on April 01, 2012, 10:10:12 AM
Was she a relative of the car brand's director?

No sir
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Re: Cars and Dolls #17
« Reply #36 on: April 02, 2012, 07:59:37 PM »
I don't know why I keep beating my head on this one, but let's try Alice H. Ramsey who, in 1909, drove a 30 HP Maxwell from New York to San Francisco.  She was 22 years old at the time.

Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
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Re: Cars and Dolls #17
« Reply #37 on: April 03, 2012, 04:28:09 AM »
It sure doesn't look like her. Because it isn't.

Her automotive exploits are, however, closer to those of the puzzle girl, than some of the other guesses.
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Re: Cars and Dolls #17
« Reply #38 on: April 03, 2012, 05:23:02 AM »
Not from the USA
Not from the UK
Not from Germany
Not from France

Italy?
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Re: Cars and Dolls #17
« Reply #39 on: April 03, 2012, 05:55:16 AM »
Getting colder. Not from Italy.
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Re: Cars and Dolls #17
« Reply #40 on: April 03, 2012, 09:01:31 AM »
Two last geographical guesses then I try more intelligent ways.
Canada?
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Re: Cars and Dolls #17
« Reply #41 on: April 03, 2012, 09:42:06 AM »
Clever lad!

Canada is correct.
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Re: Cars and Dolls #17
« Reply #42 on: April 03, 2012, 10:28:48 AM »
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on April 03, 2012, 04:28:09 AM
It sure doesn't look like her. Because it isn't.

I suppose that might explain it.  :)  Like I said, I can recognize cars easier than faces.  And I spose I'm not smart enough to know when to give up.

Let's try a Canadian-born woman racer (I know you said she wasn't a racer, but....), Kay Petre (Kathleen Coad Defries) who was associated with several cars, Wolseley Hornet, 2-litre Bugatti, a Riley and an Austin 7.  But I spose the most significant car would be the ex-John Cobb 1924 Delage 10.5 litre V12 that she drove at Brooklands, averaging almost 135 mph in a "duel" with Gwenda Stewart.  Kay lost the contest when Gwenda ran almost 136 in a Derby-Miller special.

This photo shows a woman who looks a lot more like the original (at least to someone with my limited facial recognition ability):

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Re: Cars and Dolls #17
« Reply #43 on: April 03, 2012, 11:59:51 AM »
Quote from: Ray B. on March 27, 2012, 12:32:54 PM
A race driver?

Quote from: Otto Puzzell on March 27, 2012, 01:22:14 PM
No, not exactly. But time behind the wheel was a big part of her job.

So, no, she was not a racer.
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Re: Cars and Dolls #17
« Reply #44 on: April 03, 2012, 12:01:39 PM »
Was she promoting driving, driving by women?
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Re: Cars and Dolls #17
« Reply #45 on: April 03, 2012, 12:46:32 PM »
That may have been a side effect, but was not her motivation.
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Re: Cars and Dolls #17
« Reply #46 on: April 03, 2012, 05:35:41 PM »
Did she flew airplanes too?
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Re: Cars and Dolls #17
« Reply #47 on: April 03, 2012, 07:49:20 PM »
Not that I know of
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Re: Cars and Dolls #17
« Reply #48 on: April 06, 2012, 09:05:41 AM »
Aloha Wanderwell? Ford Model T?
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Re: Cars and Dolls #17
« Reply #49 on: April 06, 2012, 11:18:43 AM »
Ta-da!

That wasn't so hard, now was it?  :)
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