Horst Lattke and Lola Fuchs Seated on a 1931 Bugatti Type 41 Royale, Frankfurt, Germany, September 1932

Summary

When German physician Joseph Fuchs took delivery of his Bugatti Royale in 1932, the car was painted black with yellow trim. Fuchs's daughter Lola and family friend Horst Lattke pose here with the Royale in its original color scheme. Subsequent owner Charles Chayne had the Bugatti repainted in oyster white with dark green trim.

When German physician Joseph Fuchs took delivery of his Bugatti Royale in 1932, the car was painted black with yellow trim. Fuchs's daughter Lola and family friend Horst Lattke pose here with the Royale in its original color scheme. Subsequent owner Charles Chayne had the Bugatti repainted in oyster white with dark green trim.

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

September 1932

Creators

Fuchs, Joseph 

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

86.18.336.3

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 2.563 in

Width: 4.5 in

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