Cars and Dolls #17 - Aloha Wanderwell / Ford Model T

[Otto Puzzell]

A fascinating lass from a time long past.

For 1 point, identify this young lady, and a vehicle with which she is most readily associated.    

Partial answers will be answered with 'incomplete', so be sure to answer all parts of the question, if you'd like the point.

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[RayTheRat]

Sonja Henie, Cord 810?

[Otto Puzzell]

Not Ms. Henie; not a Cord

[billtorrance9999]

Isadora Duncan, Bugatti?

[Otto Puzzell]

Nope

[RayTheRat]

Carole Lombard, 1938 Packard Roadster?

[Otto Puzzell]

No. The lady pictured is not an actress, by trade.

[RayTheRat]

I spose that with some careful makeup and hairdressing, the woman could be Amelia Earhart who's associated with the Kissel "Gold Bug" Speedster she renamed "the Yellow Peril."  She was a somewhat plain-looking woman (although it's written that she had a physical resemblance to Charles Lindbergh...by coincidence, one of Lindbergh's distant relatives and his salt flats car was a photo customer of mine at one time) and was advised to keep her "gap-toothed mouth shut" when being photographed.  Sorta like the Mona Lisa, maybe.

I'm much better at recognizing cars than faces...much to the chagrin of my children and their spouses.

[Otto Puzzell]

 I have the same problem

Not Amelia Earhart, but that's closer to correct than any of the previous guesses.

[RayTheRat]

Is she an American?

[Otto Puzzell]

Not from the USA.

[Otto Puzzell]

Up

[Otto Puzzell]

I think this will be quickly solved by a Pro

[Otto Puzzell]

This then-young lady was not an actress or scientist who was incidentally involved with a car. She is most well-known for doing something with an automobile.

[Ray B.]

A race driver?

[Otto Puzzell]

No, not exactly. But time behind the wheel was a big part of her job.

[RayTheRat]

Wild guess:  Bertha Benz, who drove herself and sons from Mannheim to Pforzheim in Karl's car.

[Otto Puzzell]

Wild guess:  Bertha Benz, who drove herself and sons from Mannheim to Pforzheim in Karl's car.

Not her.

[Allan L]

I did wonder if Mercédès Jellinek looked like that as an adult, but I think she looked more like this which is the only photo I can find:

[Carnut]

Looks more like a young Bette Davis to me...

[Ray B.]

 

[Otto Puzzell]

Looks more like a young Bette Davis to me...

This then-young lady was not an actress or scientist who was incidentally involved with a car. She is most well-known for doing something with an automobile.

[RayTheRat]

I ran across another possibility: Lilian Roth and Stearns-Knight.

[Otto Puzzell]

Not Ms. Roth

[pnegyesi]

Was she an early racer?