Antique car
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The era of automobiles began in the U.S. when George Selden of Rochester, NY filed a patent on May 8, 1879, but the patent was not approved until November 5, 1895. This was the first U.S. patent for an automobile. By the time a patent was approved many automobiles were in production. [[Charles Duryea]] built a three-wheeled, gasoline-powered vehicle in 1893, and his company built 13 cars of the same design in 1896. Gasoline automobiles were produced by [[Elwood Haynes]] in 1894, |
The era of automobiles began in the U.S. when George Selden of Rochester, NY filed a patent on May 8, 1879, but the patent was not approved until November 5, 1895. This was the first U.S. patent for an automobile. By the time a patent was approved many automobiles were in production. [[Charles Duryea]] built a three-wheeled, gasoline-powered vehicle in 1893, and his company built 13 cars of the same design in 1896. Gasoline automobiles were produced by [[Elwood Haynes]] in 1894, [[Ransom Olds]] in 1895, [[Charles Brady King|Charles King]] and [[Henry Ford]] in 1896. Automobile races stirred the public interest and bicycle and buggy manufacturers began to convert to making automobiles.{{cite web |url=http://www.gm.ca/inm/gmcanada/english/about/OverviewHist/hist_auto.html/ |title=History of the Automobile |publisher=General motors |location=Canada |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101225181040/http://www.gm.ca/inm/gmcanada/english/about/OverviewHist/hist_auto.html/ |archive-date=2010-12-25}} |
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[[File:Plakat za 6. makarski oldtimer rally.jpg|thumb|190px|An antique car on a poster advertising a race in [[Makarska]], [[Croatia]]]] |
[[File:Plakat za 6. makarski oldtimer rally.jpg|thumb|190px|An antique car on a poster advertising a race in [[Makarska]], [[Croatia]]]] |
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