Early 1900's Pioneer Vehicles

by Ali Baucom

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Early 1900's Pioneer Vehicles

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Ali Baucom

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Photograph - Photograph

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There were many examples of automobiles through the decades at the NC Transportation Museum in Spencer, NC. Here is a little history on some of the older horseless vehicles.

"The 19th century saw tremendous advances in engineering, as mechanization transformed production in factories. Inventors turned their attention to replacing the horse with something that could go faster and farther. Steam, electricity, and gas were all tried, and in this early period it was hard to say which would win; speed records went first to electric, then to steam.

The concept of personal transportation with its own mobile power source took off with Karl Benz’s motorwagen in 1885. Within a generation, the car had arrived and could take you anywhere. When Henry Ford brought his “Tin Lizzie” to the masses in 1908, America’s automobile industry had come of age

First cars for customers: It was one amazing feat to build the first practical motor cars—it was another to start making more and selling them. Just convincing people of their benefits was often difficult. Entrepreneurs, engineers, and aristocrats all played parts in the earliest faltering steps toward car manufacture. At the forefront of this development was Germany, followed by France, the UK, and the United States."

Source: Car the Definitive Visual History of the Automobile written by Dorling Kindersley

Featured in the following Fine Art America groups:
1. USA Photographers: 03/22/18
2. Camera Art: 04/22/18
3. ABC Group: 06/03/18
4. Your Very Best Photography: 06/18/18

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