Mercedes-Benz, commonly referred to as Mercedes, is a German automotive brand and subsidiary – as Mercedes-Benz AG – of Daimler AG. Mercedes-Benz produces luxury vehicles and commercial vehicles.
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Ladies pose with their Mercedes-Benz automobiles in the 1950s |
The headquarters is in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The first Mercedes-Benz brand name vehicles were produced in 1926. In 2018, Mercedes-Benz was the largest seller of premium vehicles in the world, having sold 2.31 million passenger cars.
The company’s origins come from Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft’s 1901 Mercedes and Karl Benz’s 1886 Benz Patent-Motorwagen, which is widely regarded as the first internal combustion engine in a self-propelled automobile. The fuel was not gasoline, but rather a much more volatile petroleum spirit called ligroin. The slogan for the brand is “the best or nothing”.
Here below is a set of vintage photos from
Vintage Cars & People that shows ladies posing with their Mercedes-Benz automobiles in the 1950s.
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A middle-aged lady posing with a Mercedes-Benz 170 V in an Alpine setting, circa 1950 |
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A middle-aged lady posing with a Mercedes-Benz 170 V on the bank of an Alpine lake. The building in the centre of the picture is Schloss Grundlsee. The car is registered in the city of Vienna, April 1950 |
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Two elegant ladies posing with a Mercedes-Benz 170 V on a snow-covered road in the countryside, circa 1950 |
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A lady dressed posing with a Mercedes-Benz 170 V on a gravel road in the countryside. The car is registered in the town of Darmstadt with black license plates of Allied-occupied Germany, circa 1952 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLZ402wuQrnPdgs7AYT1n_nawa0CMfe3QKCMKVV5s0P-IEcXoZfz_-HAtYqIdbyBjkeNYIYrEjE6eRBB90msDrKLdpsmJgbILy_35bOc_0to6zQfm0w-771_iUSb5hyphenhyphen6xUkHzso6cejCw/w640-h426-rw/1950s-women-mercedes-5.jpeg) |
A lady in a light-colored raincoat posing with a Mercedes-Benz 170 V. The car is registered in the Bavarian town of Vohenstrauß, circa 1952 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWfutILh1MjVD4y46RfsxNJ05U4XEuT7bpOzj4Iuq3vhhCIDTjo2wRUS1AO-v6EzI2zxbE9XLin-70qZDrEVvS9pz7Coyn-xUFGHIOpbP7Clasp6ILGE2nxBUnjBWKDkQwAo2mMBzRNnU/w640-h438-rw/1950s-women-mercedes-6.jpeg) |
A lady wearing a sleeveless floral dress and sunglasses posing with a Mercedes-Benz 170 V on a cobbled road. The car is registered in the city of Hanover, circa 1952 |
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A middle-aged woman dressed in a female suit posing with a Mercedes-Benz 220, circa 1952 |
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A young lady wearing a female suit next to a Mercedes-Benz 170 V. The car is registered in the town of Aalen, Württemberg, circa 1952 |
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Two ladies in summer dresses posing with a Mercedes-Benz 220 in Paris. The car is registered in the city of Berlin, July 26, 1953 |
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Two young ladies posing with a Mercedes-Benz 170 S in an unpaved yard, somewhere in rural Germany, circa 1952 |
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Two young ladies posing with a Mercedes-Benz 170 V in summertime. The Rhine valley with its vineyards can be seen in the background, circa 1952 |
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A blonde lady in a one-piece swimsuit posing in the passenger seat of a Mercedes-Benz 170 S in a forest, circa 1954 |
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A cheerful young lady posing with a Mercedes-Benz 300 S Coupé in a residential street, circa 1955 |
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A fashionable young lady posing on the fender of a Mercedes-Benz 170 V in bright summer sunshine. The car is registered in the town of Fürth with black license plates of Allied-occupied Germany, circa 1955 |
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A lady in a female suit posing on the fender of a Mercedes-Benz 220. The Rhine valley with its vineyards can be seen in the background, circa 1955 |
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A lady posing in the driver's seat of a Mercedes-Benz 300 b, circa 1955 |
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A lady posing next to a Mercedes-Benz 300 b in summertime, circa 1955 |
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A stylish young lady posing with a Mercedes-Benz 180 in a snow-covered street on a bleak winter's day, circa 1955 |
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Two cheerful young ladies in floral dresses posing with a Mercedes-Benz 170 V in summertime, circa 1955 |
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A cheerful young lady dressed in a female suit posing with a Mercedes-Benz 220 on a mountain road. The car is registered in the West German town of Pegnitz, circa 1956 |
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A cheerful young lady posing in the driver's seat of a Mercedes-Benz 220 in the countryside, circa 1956 |
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A stylish lady posing with a Mercedes-Benz 220 Cabriolet B convertible on the side of an Alpine road, circa 1956 |
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A brunette lady posing in the driver's seat of a Mercedes-Benz 180 on a gravel road in the countryside, circa 1958 |
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A brunette lady posing on the fender of a Mercedes-Benz 180 in the countryside. The car is registered in West Berlin, circa 1958 |
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A cheerful middle-aged lady and her pet poodle posing with a Mercedes-Benz 220 S in a snow-covered Alpine setting. The car is registered in the West German town of Fulda, circa 1958 |
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A fashionalble brunette seductively posing with a Mercedes-Benz 180 at some sort of truck depot. The car is registered in West Berlin, circa 1958 |
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A middle-aged lady posing with a Mercedes-Benz 220 on the summit of St. Gotthard Pass at an altitude of 2,091 metres (6,860 ft). The car is registered in the city of Vienna, circa 1958 |
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A stylish brunette in a checkered dress posing with a Mercedes-Benz 220 on a mountain road in summertime. The car is registered in the West German district of Wolfach, circa 1958 |
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An elegant lady posing with a Mercedes-Benz 180 in a city street, circa 1958 |
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Two fashionable ladies and their pet Dachshund posing with a Mercedes-Benz 220 S on a bleak winter's day. The car is registered in the West German town of Geldern, circa 1958 |
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Two ladies posing with a Mercedes-Benz 220 S under an umbrella in a rainy city street, circa 1958 |
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Two ladies, probably mother and daughter, posing with an open-topped Mercedes-Benz 190 SL in the countryside. The car is registered in the West German Ennepe-Ruhr district, circa 1958 |
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A stylish brunette posing on the bonnet of a Mercedes-Benz 220 S in summertime, circa 1959 |
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