Behind the White Wheel

Behind the White Wheel

Thursday, February 27, 2014

The 1 Euro Picture

An eBay find...a beautiful picture showing a family proudly posing in front of what seems to be a newly acquired Mercedes-Benz 190b ponton.
This type of pictures was very common back then. The car symbolized a certain social status, a certain success. I don't know who are the persons in the picture, I know it is taken in Austria in 1959. From my analysis, the "grandfather" or father (person supposedly taking the picture) of the little boy has acquired this car. On a sunny weekend day, the whole family went out of Vienna or whatever other city to enjoy a nice ride in "dad" or "jeddo"'s new car. The young boy reminded me much of my childhood when I used to wait for Sundays to go on a 1 hour ride to a certain restaurant where endless family lunches took place. The ride to the restaurant was always more enjoyable than the ride back home...when the Sunday afternoon down-mood syndrome attacked me...when my mind started excessively worrying about a homework I have not completed or an exam I am about to get its results...
This picture has awaken in me all these feelings, of course we never posed in front of a Mercedes-Benz ponton when we were kids as these cars had already became obsolete and almost disappeared from circulation but we have posed in front of a 1983 Honda Accord, a 1988 Pontiac Bonneville and a 1994 Cadillac STS...not to mention the exciting ride in ammo Walid's (my dad's best friend) 1970s white Jaguar...