La Môme Moineau (the kid sparrow), "the richest woman of the Côte d'Azur", former flower seller married to Mr. Benítez-Rexach, Puerto Rican ship building millionaire. Cannes Airport 1954. With one of her husbands gifts, a 1948 Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith, #LWAB63, 1950 Drophead Coupé Franay. Detailed info on this car by expert Klaus-Josef Rossfeldt see About/Additional Infos.
La Môme Moineau, known as "the richest woman of the Côte d'Azur," stands smiling in a formal, decorated uniform at Cannes Airport in 1954. A former flower seller married to millionaire Félix Benítez-Rexach, she rests a hand on the open door of her 1948 Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith. The Drophead Coupé by Franay, a gift from her husband, dominates the foreground with its iconic grille and "Spirit of Ecstasy" hood ornament, set against the airfield's grassy expanse and distant hills.
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