Cole Porter and a Vanished Culture: Brewster and Mussolini
"You're the top! You're a Ritz hot toddy. You 're the top! You're a Brewster body. You're the boats that glide on the sleepy Zuider Zee, You 're a Nathan Panning, You're Bishop Manning, You're broccoli!" Brewster and Company lasted 127 years, felled by the Great Depression in 1937. They were, as Cole Porter said, the top of the line. The finest craftsmanship combined with the best materials. A Brewster body meant the owner had arrived. If you were really loaded you'd order two Brewster bodies for your Packard or Rolls-Royce chassis: a classy open number for the summer, a snug town car or limousine for the winter.
