Schlagwort: 1928
The Hero
1928
by Dodo aka Dorte Clara Wolff (1907-1998)
State Museum, Berlin
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WHEN MEN WERE MEN
Woolf Barnato in his single seat Bentley at the 1928 BARC Easter Meeting at Brooklands.
I am certain that the younger lady stood next to the cockpit is Barnato’s daughter, the remarkable Diana Barnato Walker who flew with the ATA during the war. She went on honeymoon in a Spitfire she was delivering and later became the first British woman to break the Sound Barrier at 1,262 mph in that most macho of jet fighters, the English Electric Lightning . A worthy daughter of one of the Bentley Boys.
“Horse Racing was a demonstration sport at the 1928 Winter Olympic Games in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The track was on a frozen lake. This is one of the few equestrian sports to appear at Olympic winter games.”
Photo: IOC Olympic Museum / Allsport/Getty Images / X
I plan horse racing posts, too. But this one is snow sporty.
Poster for the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Illustration by Carl Moos.
This winter I will post my vintage snow sports favorites.
Mercedes Benz 630 Kompressor, 1928
The model series 630 powered by supercharged engines built on from 1926 has significantly contributed to the fame of the Mercedes Brand. This version has 140 HP from a 6 cylinder inline engine with 6240 ccm displacement. Topspeed is 140 km/h with a fuel flow of approx. 25 l per 100 km. This C-Cabriolet carriage is done directly at the Mercedes plant in Sindelfingen.