I sent you the link after you posted the white Packard with skis and tracks on it. I agree that these cars look very big. The two men in the car on the left look the same size as the men standing in the middle.
thanks! I knew it was someone I often talked with, but I couldn't recall if it was something in a comment, email, or Facebook message... and it would take forever to find that note
A lot of people don't realize how big cars were 100 years ago, many made the model T Ford look tiny. Old photographs show 4 or 5 people abreast in the back seat of open touring cars, but I guess people were skinnier then.
Keep in mind that Czar Nicolas II was only 5 feet, 6 inches tall so cars like the Rolls Royce or Russo-Balt would have looked tall in comparison to him.
Poor Trotsky. He had to settle for a Packard, while Lenin tooled around in a Silver Ghost. As it's often said, rank has its privileges. I’m reminded of Orwell’s observation (Animal Farm) that under socialism some of us are more equal than others.
I sent you the link after you posted the white Packard with skis and tracks on it. I agree that these cars look very big. The two men in the car on the left look the same size as the men standing in the middle.
ReplyDeletethanks! I knew it was someone I often talked with, but I couldn't recall if it was something in a comment, email, or Facebook message... and it would take forever to find that note
DeleteA lot of people don't realize how big cars were 100 years ago, many made the model T Ford look tiny. Old photographs show 4 or 5 people abreast in the back seat of open touring cars, but I guess people were skinnier then.
ReplyDeleteKeep in mind that Czar Nicolas II was only 5 feet, 6 inches tall so cars like the Rolls Royce or Russo-Balt would have looked tall in comparison to him.
ReplyDeletePoor Trotsky. He had to settle for a Packard, while Lenin tooled around in a Silver Ghost. As it's often said, rank has its privileges. I’m reminded of Orwell’s observation (Animal Farm) that under socialism some of us are more equal than others.
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