Examples of the Darracq horseless carriage.
Concidentally both these vintage photographs, both believed to feature Darracq motorcars, arrived separately within a few days of each other from different sources. In both cases, the sender wishes to find out more about the car(s) shown below, so if anyone can help with identifying the exact models shown, that would be very helpful. The Darracq marque found fame with cinema-going audiences in 1953 by featuring in the BAFTA-winning film Genevieve, a wonderful film about a 1904 Darracq taking part in the London to Brighton run. Filmed in colour, it's worth watching for the road and traffic scenes, as well as the veteran cars taking part in the "race".
Darracq car photograph No.1
Firstly is this very early picture, showing a proud gent with his Darracq, seen in 1906 or thereabouts. John, who emailed the photo over, is researching the history of this gent, a photographer from the Victorian era. He adds: "The gentleman in the car is Alfred Seaman, a very
successful Victorian/Edwardian photographer, based in Chesterfield and Sheffield .... I have come across a picture of him from a family album, sitting in an old car. It was called a 'Darrach' in the album but I cant find any car of that make".
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Darracq photograph No.2
Next, is another Darracq, this time sent over by Chris who found it in a family album belonging to his father. Chris adds "He described it as a Darracq car belonging to Mr A.P.I. Cotterell, photographed in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, about 1905. My father is seated in the rear of the car. Can you tell me what model of Darracq it is? Thank you for your most interesting website and all the photographs of ancient cars".
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