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.
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Sonja Henie, Cord 810?
Not Ms. Henie; not a Cord
Isadora Duncan, Bugatti?
Nope
Carole Lombard, 1938 Packard Roadster?
No. The lady pictured is not an actress, by trade.
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.
I have the same problem ;D
Not Amelia Earhart, but that's closer to correct than any of the previous guesses.
Is she an American?
Not from the USA.
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I think this will be quickly solved by a Pro
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.
A race driver?
No, not exactly. But time behind the wheel was a big part of her job.
Wild guess: Bertha Benz, who drove herself and sons from Mannheim to Pforzheim in Karl's car.
Quote from: RayTheRat on March 28, 2012, 12:58:30 PM
Wild guess: Bertha Benz, who drove herself and sons from Mannheim to Pforzheim in Karl's car.
Not her.
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:
Looks more like a young Bette Davis to me...
;)
Quote from: Carnut on March 29, 2012, 07:29:44 AM
Looks more like a young Bette Davis to me...
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on March 27, 2012, 04:52:16 AM
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.
I ran across another possibility: Lilian Roth and Stearns-Knight.
Not Ms. Roth
Was she an early racer?
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.
;)
Sorry, somehow I missed that exchange. Was she a promoter of a car brand?
While this brand of cars was widely used by racers - and by ordinary folks - she was not promoting a racing car.
Was she a German?
No sir
British?
Nope
French?
Was she a relative of the car brand's director?
Quote from: pnegyesi on April 01, 2012, 10:10:12 AM
Was she a relative of the car brand's director?
No sir
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.
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.
Not from the USA
Not from the UK
Not from Germany
Not from France
Italy?
Getting colder. Not from Italy.
Two last geographical guesses then I try more intelligent ways.
Canada?
Clever lad!
Canada is correct.
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):
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.
Was she promoting driving, driving by women?
That may have been a side effect, but was not her motivation.
Did she flew airplanes too?
Not that I know of
Aloha Wanderwell? Ford Model T?
Ta-da!
That wasn't so hard, now was it? :)
WHO??? I'm glad to see an answer to this so I don't keep wasting brain cells (I killed too many of 'em in my misspent youth...and on and on) but I've never heard of her...and no wonder (or wander.) She was known by at least 4 names during her lifetime...some due to marriage, others as "stage names" for lack of a better term.
Very interesting person, very stimulating puzzle.
RtR
Her husband, and his expeditions, were the subject of a previous puzzle here. I was surprised it took as long as it did to put this one to bed.
I may add some of her filmed exploits to a future AutoPuzzles Drive In installment.
I easily found the website dedicated to Aloha, thanks to neilshouse.
Some woman!