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Een nieuwe Friday Lady mysterie auto
Deze foto komt uit de digitale collectie van de openbare bibliotheek van New York en zoals zo vaak is er nauwelijks informatie bij. Hij zou genomen zijn in 1907 en de auto wordt beschreven als een "sportmodel roadster". Een Franse auto? Dat was onze eerste gedachte, maar we laten ons graag corrigeren als u het beter weet.
De meest productieve fotograaf van de vroege autoraces
Maar er is nog iets, want de foto wordt toegeschreven aan ene N. Lazarnick uit New York. En toen we deze naam intikten in onze computer stond ons een aangename verrassing te wachten. Nathan Lazarnick (1879-1955), een Russische emigrant naar de VS, wordt omschreven als "De meest productieve fotograaf van de vroege autoraces".
Begin twintig was Lazarnick een fotograaf in opleiding in New York en daarna freelance fotograaf voor een groot aantal kranten en (auto)tijdschriften. Hij versloeg de meest uiteenlopende gebeurtenissen, van de presidentiële campagnes van Taft, McKinley en Roosevelt tot de Vanderbilt Cup Races. Hij werd ooit geciteerd: "De auto hypnotiseerde mij en ik raakte intens geïnteresseerd in de 'paardloze koets' en volgde alle activiteiten op de voet, ook de ontwikkelingen van de auto als een mechanische uitvinding, een sport, een reizend medium en als een prachtige industrie, die naar mijn mening de meest interessante groep mannen in de laatste kwart eeuw ontwikkelde."
Dat brengt ons nog steeds niet verder in het ontcijferen van de huidige Friday Lady en haar sportieve voertuig, maar misschien helpt het u bij het kraken van deze noot...?
(Woorden Jeroen Booij, foto Nathan Lazarnick, openbare bibliotheek New York)
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vrijdag oktober 14th, 2022
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Rachel Harris-Gardiner
22 October 2022, 00:51
Her name is Maude Le Roy. She was an actress. The picture comes from the motoring section of Brooklyn Life from the 30th of May, 1908, although frustratingly, there is only a picture and a caption.
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David Grimstead
24 October 2022, 21:12
Probably four years before this photo was taken, the April 1904 edition of Good Housekeeping magazine, carried an article by M. E. Taft under the “Good Housekeeping Daughters” banner, entitled “The Girl and the Automobile”, in which this was written about a certain Miss Maude Le Roy:
“Women of the stage have long found in the automobile a chance for air and exercise, and in its mishaps a useful aid to the press agent. […] Miss Maude Le Roy of Weber and Fields runs a high-power car, often quite alone, and says the only terrors for her are the policeman. While still a beginner Miss Le Roy had an experience one day in Central Park. Coming suddenly upon a man on horseback, she tried to pass him on the right. The horse shied in the same direction. The young lady tried the other side of the road, whereupon the horse promptly followed and shied to the left. Several times this occurred, and when it was becoming embarrassing the horse took the more direct-appearing route of straight over the motor of the car. There was no great damage, except to Miss Le Roy's feelings when a policeman arrested her for reckless driving. Then her nerves became a little unstrung, hints about a ride in a “hurryup” and a day in jail not serving to calm them, and finally there was a tearful telephoning and a happy rescue by answering members of the family.”
Maude and this car have appeared before on PreWarCar, on Saturday April 30th, 2016 ( American Coal Scuttle Hoods after 1905 - PreWarCar ) The piece by Ariejan Bos includes a Palmer-Singer advert with her in the car, face on. It appears that same car was photographed in the same place at the same time with Charles A. Singer Jr. at the wheel.
One of Maude Le Roy’s theatrical employers was Weber and Fields who ran a Broadway music hall and coincidentally, Palmer and Singer’s showroom was at 1620-24 Broadway, where the Skimabout was put on show in spring 1908... Did Maude fall for the Skimabout in their showroom window and Singer see in her a photo opportunity?
After showing the first example there, interest in the Skimabout was so great that P-S had to increase the intended 1908 production run of only 25 cars five-fold. For 1909, the Renault/C.G.V.-style bonnet/radiator was replaced with a standard front-mounted flat item and a run of 250 Skimabouts planned.
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“Women of the stage have long found in the automobile a chance for air and exercise, and in its mishaps a useful aid to the press agent. […] Miss Maude Le Roy of Weber and Fields runs a high-power car, often quite alone, and says the only terrors for her are the policeman. While still a beginner Miss Le Roy had an experience one day in Central Park. Coming suddenly upon a man on horseback, she tried to pass him on the right. The horse shied in the same direction. The young lady tried the other side of the road, whereupon the horse promptly followed and shied to the left. Several times this occurred, and when it was becoming embarrassing the horse took the more direct-appearing route of straight over the motor of the car. There was no great damage, except to Miss Le Roy's feelings when a policeman arrested her for reckless driving. Then her nerves became a little unstrung, hints about a ride in a “hurryup” and a day in jail not serving to calm them, and finally there was a tearful telephoning and a happy rescue by answering members of the family.”
Maude and this car have appeared before on PreWarCar, on Saturday April 30th, 2016 ( American Coal Scuttle Hoods after 1905 - PreWarCar ) The piece by Ariejan Bos includes a Palmer-Singer advert with her in the car, face on. It appears that same car was photographed in the same place at the same time with Charles A. Singer Jr. at the wheel.
One of Maude Le Roy’s theatrical employers was Weber and Fields who ran a Broadway music hall and coincidentally, Palmer and Singer’s showroom was at 1620-24 Broadway, where the Skimabout was put on show in spring 1908... Did Maude fall for the Skimabout in their showroom window and Singer see in her a photo opportunity?
After showing the first example there, interest in the Skimabout was so great that P-S had to increase the intended 1908 production run of only 25 cars five-fold. For 1909, the Renault/C.G.V.-style bonnet/radiator was replaced with a standard front-mounted flat item and a run of 250 Skimabouts planned.
David Grimstead
23 October 2022, 21:25
Probably four years before this photo was taken, the April 1904 edition of Good Housekeeping magazine, carried an article by M. E. Taft under the “Good Housekeeping Daughters” banner, entitled “The Girl and the Automobile”, in which this was written about a certain Miss Maude Le Roy:
“Women of the stage have long found in the automobile a chance for air and exercise, and in its mishaps a useful aid to the press agent. […] Miss Maude Le Roy of Weber and Fields runs a high-power car, often quite alone, and says the only terrors for her are the policeman. While still a beginner Miss Le Roy had an experience one day in Central Park. Coming suddenly upon a man on horseback, she tried to pass him on the right. The horse shied in the same direction. The young lady tried the other side of the road, whereupon the horse promptly followed and shied to the left. Several times this occurred, and when it was becoming embarrassing the horse took the more direct-appearing route of straight over the motor of the car. There was no great damage, except to Miss Le Roy's feelings when a policeman arrested her for reckless driving. Then her nerves became a little unstrung, hints about a ride in a “hurryup” and a day in jail not serving to calm them, and finally there was a tearful telephoning and a happy rescue by answering members of the family.”
Maude and this car have appeared before on PreWarCar, on Saturday April 30th, 2016 ( American Coal Scuttle Hoods after 1905 - PreWarCar ) The piece by Ariejan Bos includes a Palmer-Singer advert with her in the car, face on. It appears that same car was photographed in the same place at the same time with Charles A. Singer Jr. at the wheel.
One of Maude Le Roy’s theatrical employers was Weber and Fields who ran a Broadway music hall and coincidentally, Palmer and Singer’s showroom was at 1620-24 Broadway, where the Skimabout was put on show in spring 1908... Did Maude fall for the Skimabout in their showroom window and Singer see in her a photo opportunity?
After showing the first example there, interest in the Skimabout was so great that P-S had to increase the intended 1908 production run of only 25 cars five-fold. For 1909, the Renault/C.G.V.-style bonnet/radiator was replaced with a standard front-mounted flat item and a run of 250 Skimabouts planned.
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“Women of the stage have long found in the automobile a chance for air and exercise, and in its mishaps a useful aid to the press agent. […] Miss Maude Le Roy of Weber and Fields runs a high-power car, often quite alone, and says the only terrors for her are the policeman. While still a beginner Miss Le Roy had an experience one day in Central Park. Coming suddenly upon a man on horseback, she tried to pass him on the right. The horse shied in the same direction. The young lady tried the other side of the road, whereupon the horse promptly followed and shied to the left. Several times this occurred, and when it was becoming embarrassing the horse took the more direct-appearing route of straight over the motor of the car. There was no great damage, except to Miss Le Roy's feelings when a policeman arrested her for reckless driving. Then her nerves became a little unstrung, hints about a ride in a “hurryup” and a day in jail not serving to calm them, and finally there was a tearful telephoning and a happy rescue by answering members of the family.”
Maude and this car have appeared before on PreWarCar, on Saturday April 30th, 2016 ( American Coal Scuttle Hoods after 1905 - PreWarCar ) The piece by Ariejan Bos includes a Palmer-Singer advert with her in the car, face on. It appears that same car was photographed in the same place at the same time with Charles A. Singer Jr. at the wheel.
One of Maude Le Roy’s theatrical employers was Weber and Fields who ran a Broadway music hall and coincidentally, Palmer and Singer’s showroom was at 1620-24 Broadway, where the Skimabout was put on show in spring 1908... Did Maude fall for the Skimabout in their showroom window and Singer see in her a photo opportunity?
After showing the first example there, interest in the Skimabout was so great that P-S had to increase the intended 1908 production run of only 25 cars five-fold. For 1909, the Renault/C.G.V.-style bonnet/radiator was replaced with a standard front-mounted flat item and a run of 250 Skimabouts planned.
Jeroen Booij
17 October 2022, 09:11
You were very quick in identifying it, well done!
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