Mercedes-Benz, commonly referred to as Mercedes, is a German automotive brand and subsidiary – as Mercedes-Benz AG – of Daimler AG. Mercedes-Benz produces luxury vehicles and commercial vehicles.
Ladies pose with their Mercedes-Benz automobiles in the 1950s
The headquarters is in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The first Mercedes-Benz brand name vehicles were produced in 1926. In 2018, Mercedes-Benz was the largest seller of premium vehicles in the world, having sold 2.31 million passenger cars.
The company’s origins come from Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft’s 1901 Mercedes and Karl Benz’s 1886 Benz Patent-Motorwagen, which is widely regarded as the first internal combustion engine in a self-propelled automobile. The fuel was not gasoline, but rather a much more volatile petroleum spirit called ligroin. The slogan for the brand is “the best or nothing”.
Here below is a set of vintage photos from Vintage Cars & People that shows ladies posing with their Mercedes-Benz automobiles in the 1950s.
A middle-aged lady posing with a Mercedes-Benz 170 V in an Alpine setting, circa 1950
A middle-aged lady posing with a Mercedes-Benz 170 V on the bank of an Alpine lake. The building in the centre of the picture is Schloss Grundlsee. The car is registered in the city of Vienna, April 1950
Two elegant ladies posing with a Mercedes-Benz 170 V on a snow-covered road in the countryside, circa 1950
A lady dressed posing with a Mercedes-Benz 170 V on a gravel road in the countryside. The car is registered in the town of Darmstadt with black license plates of Allied-occupied Germany, circa 1952
A lady in a light-colored raincoat posing with a Mercedes-Benz 170 V. The car is registered in the Bavarian town of Vohenstrauß, circa 1952
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