Solved - NEH 1790: Cadillac La Espada at GM Motorama, NY 1954 with Dolores DaVega

[Carnut]

This car has featured here before, but not as its own puzzle.
So for the point I want to know:

What is the car?
At what event and location is the picture taken?
Who is featured in the picture?

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[sixtee5cuda]

1954 Cadillac La Espada
Photo taken at General Motors Motorama show, in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York
The model is 17-year-old Dolores DaVega

(Train of thought, FWIW:  Concept car.  Quad headlights imply before 1958.  Dagmars on front of car resemble Cadillac)

Cadillac V above the bumper was hidden in image.  I don't think this did much to hide the identity of the car.

[Carnut]

1954 Cadillac La Espada
Photo taken at General Motors Motorama show, in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York
The model is 17-year-old Dolores DaVega

(Train of thought, FWIW:  Concept car.  Quad headlights imply before 1958.  Dagmars on front of car resemble Cadillac)

Cadillac V above the bumper was hidden in image.  I don't think this did much to hide the identity of the car.

All correct, yes.
They must have been impressed with Dolores because they went on to name a car after her...!

There's a limit to what alterations are allowed; I'm not sure why I bothered either!

They were just starting to experiment with twin headlights around that time, but I think this is the first car I've seen with them mounted like that atop the front wings (fenders to you...!)

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