Frozen frame of time or new chapter? (update: Mercedes & Laurin & Klement)

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What makes these photos so much more interesting than modern 'pics'. Is it just their relative scarcity compared to the billion of pictures flooding from smartphone and other devices?  Who on earth would still like to share a photo of the family getting ready to drive off? This kind of pictures tell a story, they are much more alive than the frozen fame of time that you see at first glance. Here we have a wealthy family, not leaving for the nearest shopping mall to kill two hours of a boring afternoon. These people are leaving for a considerable trip. Maybe a weekend. Maybe an autumn day tour. Maybe leaving for family abroad. Seen from that perspective the simple act of cranking the engine is much more than the hand turning. It is more like opening the next chapter of a good book. 

Peter Skofic writes: "On the flee market I found the above picture of an Edwardian car and two pictures (picture 1 and  picture 2) of another Edwardian car. All photos were taken in Pregrada - respectively in 1q912 and 1913 -  a small village on the nowadays Slovene/Croatian border. Can anybody of the PreWarCar readers identify these two cars?"

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