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« Reply #6 on: March 25, 2011, 10:46:54 PM » |
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 High-end American cars were as prized as European models among the rajas,
as shown by this 1947 Buick Super from the Maharana of Mewar's collection.
Photograph: Makarand Baokar
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Valentino Morrison
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« Reply #7 on: March 25, 2011, 10:47:20 PM » |
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 The Maharaja of Jodhpur, Gaj Singh II, and his son with the Rolls-Royce Phantom II from 1934
and a Buick convertible, in front of the Umaid Bhavan Palace.
Photograph: Bob Rupani |
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Valentino Morrison
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« Reply #8 on: March 25, 2011, 10:47:50 PM » |
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 Maharaj Shivrajisnhji with his 1945 Mercedes Benz 500 K.
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Valentino Morrison
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« Reply #9 on: March 25, 2011, 10:48:20 PM » |
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 The craftsmen of JW Brooke and Company who worked on the Swan Car,
commissioned by Calcutta eccentric Robert Nicholl 'Scotty' Matthewson in 1910.
He was said to have been very fond of swans.
Photograph: Louwan Museum |
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Valentino Morrison
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« Reply #10 on: March 25, 2011, 10:48:46 PM » |
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 The Brooke Swan car was subsequently acquired by the Maharaja of Nabha,
before being sold to the Louwman Museum in the Hague.
Photograph: Louwman Museum |
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Valentino Morrison
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« Reply #11 on: March 25, 2011, 10:49:27 PM » |
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 A 1939 Delaye 135 with coachwork by Figoni et Falaschi, judged India's most
beautiful car at the Cartiers councours d'elegance in 2008.
Photograph: Makarand BaokarGo to The NEXT Page for More Pictures >>> |
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