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Automobile. HELLE NICE/30 original photos from...

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Automobile. HELLE NICE/30 original photos from 1929 to 39. Born in Eure et Loir in 1900, dcd in Nice in 1984, Mariette Helène Delangle, alias Hellé Nice, was a touch to everything of the Roaring Twenties, a beautiful free woman, but above all a real Grand Prix driver. a) 10 photos of the 3rd women's field of Montlhéry (3/6/29, including 7 in 8.5x13.5), that she will win on Omega 6; b) 2 in civilian clothes (9x12) including one sitting on the front of a car; c) 2 of the GP of Pau (13X18); d) 11 originals from Montlhéry (including 9 in 11.5x8.5), on 19/12/29; e) in a bathing suit at Le Touquet with a car and champagne (12x15); f) 2 id , she started dirt-track at Montlhéry (9x11.5, 7x7); g) on her hospital bed in Sao Paulo in 1936.Her Alfa-Romeo entered the crowd killing several people despite her concern to avoid the drama (15x12); h) circuit of Comminges, 6/8/1939 (15x10). Rare. Attached, with sadness, the photo card of Louis Chiron who precipitated the fall of the star.

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