Chicagoland MG Club: Driveline July 2020
 

Post cards from Karel

An ‘Auto’biography of History




This postcard is from Paris, France with a MG TD parked in front of The Moulin Rouge, probably the most famous nightclub in town. One of the editors of the Dutch newsletters, also publishing Karel’s cards, noted the name Sonja Henie on the sign right above the front of the MG TD and further mentioned that she was a Norwegian figure skater in the 1928, ’32, and '36 Winter Olympics as well as a Norwegian tennis champion. Later she became a Hollywood movie star and probably was performing at the club when the photo was taken. 

I looked up the other names on the billboards. Dancing Robinson was American tap-dancer and Broadway star Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson also performing at the club. And just above the Peugeot is a sign for La Maitresse de Fer, The Iron Mistress, a 1952 American movie with Alan Ladd and Virginia Mayo about Jim Bowie, a Texas revolutionary who died at the Alamo. Therefore, it is likely that the photo for the post card was taken in 1952 or 1953.
~~ Reinout Vogt      

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