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They pushed and sweated in the heat, gawked at industrial and agricultural displays, baby shows, flower, dog, cat, cattle and horse shows, and at a bulletproof Mercédès-Benz limousine billed as "Hitler's Car." Then they trudged on to look at the latest developments in trains and television. They walked for miles-from a well-advertised Art Gallery nude to the Men's Tea-Making Contest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: ONTARIO: The Ex | 9/1/1947 | See Source »

...appointed day, in the big, black Mercédés-Benz given him by Hitler, the Caudillo slid down the Puerta del Sol and Carrera de San Jerónimo. In the Puerta del Sol. he was greeted by trumpeters, and again in front of the Cortes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: A Note on Appeasement | 3/29/1943 | See Source »

...Most of Europe's fancy automakers (Lancia, Fiat, Hispano-Suiza, Merc...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR ECONOMY: Axel & The Axis | 1/26/1942 | See Source »

...tells his long, slim chauffeur Kempka to put away his long, slim, black Mercédès-Benz touring car, in which he loves to ride by the day across the Fatherland. In its place appears the grim six-wheeled, field-grey car of war, also a Mercédès-Benz...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War, STRATEGY: A Dictator's Hour | 4/14/1941 | See Source »

...artist in World War I, perfected his technique in the trenches and has again been given fullest scope for his talent by the German High Command. Possessor of a fluent romantic style, Theo Matejko works usually in charcoal. Aged 45, famed in Berlin as the driver of a white Mercédès racing car, he has flown this year with Nazi sea raiders but does not claim to have seen the alleged bombing of Ark Royal. This may account for considerable artistic license...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: Cameras & Artists | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

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