| Image | 
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| Ref No | CU0977 |
| Alt Ref No | CU0977 |
| Artist or Creator | Michael Cummings |
| Title or Caption | "We seem, Lord Rootes, to have joined together to make more cars at the precise moment that
Mr. Marples has decided to abolish them." |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Published by | Daily Express |
| Date | 06 Jun 1964 |
| Format | Artwork |
| Embedded text or transcript | Warden Bankers orders only Chrysler Travellers cheques accepted Hillman MP Alcohol
test Forgetfulness test Bad temper test |
| Person Depicted | Hitler; Adolf (1889-1945) |
| Rootes; Lord |
| Notes | News: 4 June: Ernest Marples, announces review of London
parking meters. (The Times Page 8 col g) News: 5 June: Ernest Marples plans for campaign against
drinking and driving. (the Times Page 12 col b) News: 8 June: Lord Rootes, on Chrysler deal
(speech/statement). (The Times Page 5 col c) European Chrysler was by the purchase of the English
Rootes Group and the French Simca company. The Rootes group consisted of Hillman, Humber, Sunbeam
and Singer. It was similar to Chrysler USA; basic platforms were common to each range, with
Hillman selling the basic car, Sunbeam adding sportiness, Singer a luxury, and Humber making big
luxury sedans. |
| Subjects | traffic wardens |
| parking tickets |
| parking meters |
| luxury cars |
| cars |
| Chrysler UK |
| mergers |
| Police |
| drink-driving |
| Copyright holder | Express Syndication Ltd |
| Copyright contact details | syndication.queries@express.co.uk |
| Location of artwork | British Cartoon Archive |
| Relates to cartoon | 05669 |
Show related Persons records.
Persons
| Code | PersonName | Dates | About | Multimedia | Image |
| GB/BCA/394 | Hitler; Adolf (1889-1945) | 1889-1945 | Born in Austria. Politician and leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi Party). He served as German chancellor from 1933-1945 and head of state (Fuhrer) from 1934-1945. He established a single-party dictatorship based on the totalitarian and autocratic ideals of national socialism. He gained support for his views on German nationalism, anti-Semitism, anti-capitalism and anti-communism through his impassioned speeches and propaganda. He wanted to establish a New Order of absolute rule in Europe and pursued a policy of seizing land by force for the Aryan people. | | |
| GB/BCA/1464 | Rootes; Lord | | | | |