Re: Earliest documented use of designation 'cormorant'???????
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That's why the NorCal region of PAC calls their newsletter The Pious Pelican. I was it's editor for, I believe, about seven years but many years ago.
Posted on: 2019/5/13 13:48
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Am I the only person who sees the subtle humor in some of these hood ornaments?
For example the Rolls-Royce hood ornament is a high priced prostitute pulling up her bloomers, and the Packard hood ornament a bird throwing up.
Posted on: 2019/5/14 4:55
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Yes, there is a bit of subtle humor in a good many hood ornaments in that era.
Mention of a pelican always brings this verse to mind: A Wonderful Bird is The Pelican By Dixon Lanier Merritt A Wonderful Bird is The Pelican His bill can hold more than his belican He can take in his beak Food enough for a week But I'm damned if I can see how the helican. Hehehehe.... Steve
Posted on: 2019/5/14 11:30
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.....epigram time.....
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Even in 1952 the question seemed unresolved.
![]() 8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1952 Packard Pelican, hood ornament, right side view. Inscribed on photo back; accessories, hood ornaments, cormorant, restyled pelican emblem, standard hood ornament on 1952 Packard 250, 300, 400, twenty-fifth series models. Item # EB01e895 Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission. Reproduction Permission Form and Price List
Posted on: 6/14 1:05
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@Guscha
You never cease to amaze me by dusting off an old topic (where I can hardly find a topic we did last week). Fun to read some comments of back then, especially from forum participants we hardly hear from anymore. Where's O_D or Tim Cole?
Posted on: 6/14 8:21
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I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you
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Posted on: 6/14 8:58
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Good to hear O_D
Posted on: 6/14 11:29
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I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you
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Leyton Chan pointed out this 1931 General Letter G-347 that references to the Pelican/Commorant accessory.
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Posted on: 6/17 7:18
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-BigKev
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