The automobile is thought to be the epitome of the 1920's.
everyone could afford an automobile and the world was opened up for not only the.
aristocracy, but the most all of the middle class as well. The very thing that.
revolutionized the way people got from place to place was the automobile. So where did.
this all begin? Long before the 1920's were the Sumerians in 3500 BC who made use of.
flat structures mounted on wheels. Was this the beginning of the automobile? .
Thinking past (some centuries past) the stone age when the Sumerians pushed.
these rediculous contraptions with wheels from place to place is when things really.
started happening in lieu of the automobile world. In 1801 a full sized, self powered.
automobile powered by steam was created be a man named Nicholas J. Cagnot. This.
vehicle on average, could travel at around two miles per hour cnsidering that everything.
on the machine stayed in tact. Good try Mr. Cagnot, but the average man could run that.
fast. There were others that attempted to create a self-efficient automobile but as did.
Cagnot, they failed. .
Some years later in Germany, 1866 to be exact, it was Karl Benz who patented.
the first automobile. However, Benz'shorseless carriage? wasn't the picture perfect.
auto. Complete with it's three wheels this automobile was barely reliable. Nonetheless,.
Benz made another attempt and produced a four wheeled auto which was more sucessful. .
Karl Benz'shorseless carriage? began the era of the automobile. Later, the Mercedes.
Benz company evolved from Karl Benz's idea.
Many events followed Karl Benz's automobile, thus creating a start to the.
autobobile era. In 1896, the well-known Henry Ford produced his first automobile. By.
1907, Ford had created the rough Model-T, a machine that could travel 35 miles per.
hour. The Model-T initially created people's lust for the automobile. After all, the.
automobile was an expensive machine that only the upper-class and upper middle-class.