Print, Photographic
Black and white photographic print depicting two images of a 1929 Rolls Royce with a California license plate on display with other cars in the background. The bottom image has three signs on the floor, one of which reads "My name is Charlie Chaplin. I use to own this Roll Royce (Piccadilly Model) when I was the biggest paid comedian in Hollywood. It cost $25,000 brand new!"
Attached press release reads: Detroit, Dec. 19 - Charlie Chaplin's '29 Rolls Royce, valued at $75,000, will be one of the featured cars on display at the 1975 Detroit Auto Show, January 11 through the 19th at Cobo Hall.
Chaplin's car, and others once owned or driven by world famous and infamous personalities set the theme for this the 59th Auto Show, which the Detroit Auto Dealers Association, sponsors of the event, is calling "Cars of the Stars."
For: 1975 Detroit Auto Show
From: McMaster Associates Public Relations, 7th Floor Free Press Building, Detroit, Michigan
Contact: Tony Petrucci