Clärenore Stinnes
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Clara Eleonore "Clärenore" Stinnes-Söderstrom was a German female auto racer, heiress and socialite. Together with Swedish cinematographer Carl-Axel Söderström, the two were the first to circumnavigat
An Adler Standard 6, the model which Stinnes drove on her journey.
Hugo Stinnes
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Hugo Adolf Eugen Victor Stinnes colloquially Hugo Stinnes was a German industrialist, philanthropist and politician who served as Member of the Reichstag from 1920 to 1924.
Clärenore Stinnes
…Söderström, the two were the first to circumnavigate the world by automobile. Stinnes was born in Mülheim to the German industrialist and politician Hugo Stinnes. At the age of 24 she participated in her first motor race; by 1927 she had won 17 races and was one of the most successful race car drivers in Europe…
Stinnes, c. 1890
Hugo Stinnes in 1900
Hugo Stinnes between 1915 and 1920
Time cover, 17 March 1923