Putting on the Ritz? (UPDATE: no deodorant?)

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We are not so sure if the lady at the wheel is having a great day out. The expression on her face is not exactly begging for another 100 miles of Edwardian motoring fun. The set-up (click main pic for larger version) is clearly posed for the photographer. Perhaps she’s just getting bored. Anyway, the scene depicts a typical well-to-do family, or maybe it’s the other way around and is it the photographer who created a rather cliché scene of how other people looked at high society. What we do know is that the voiturette is a 1903 (?) De Dion-Bouton. Let's try to cheer her up with a song . To be honest not a veteran hit, but vintage Yes!

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