Archives for March 2017

July 30, 1898 – The First Automobile Magazine Ad

On July 30, 1898, The Winton Motor Carriage Company, of Cleveland Ohio placed the first magazine advertisement for an automobile in Scientific American. Containing bold words stating “DISPENSE WITH A HORSE” the ad contained an image of a husband and wife dressed in formal clothes driving an open top motor vehicle with additional text that read “and save the expense, …

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State Trooper Makes Funny Video For Incredible Auto Safety Feature

Sgt. John Perrine, an Indiana State trooper, posted a video on his Facebook page that takes the viewer through the intricacies of what he calls an “amazing” feature in vehicles: the turn signal. The 1 minute, 16 second video is captioned, “The often forgotten, incredible safety feature that is standard on all vehicles…”…

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