Sales Brochure for the 1903 Oldsmobile, Olds Motor Works, "The Oldsmobile Ahead"
THF211188 / Sales Brochure for the 1903 Oldsmobile, Olds Motor Works, "The Oldsmobile Ahead"
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Artifact Overview
Olds Motor Works introduced its Curved Dash automobile in 1901. The one-cylinder runabout wasn't particularly powerful or robust, but at $650 it was relatively cheap. The car was a hit and Oldsmobile was building 5,000 units a year by 1904, making the Curved Dash the first mass-produced car in the United States -- if not the world.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Trade catalog
Date Made
1903
Subject Date
1903
Creators
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
70.60.13
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 3.375 in
Width: 6.25 in
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SetThe Curved Dash Oldsmobile
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Detroit contractor Albert Albrecht posed in a 1902 Oldsmobile circa 1920. Twenty years after its debut, the Curved Dash Olds was an antique with its tiller steering, chain drive and 4.5-horsepower engine hopelessly out of date. But the affordable Curved Dash had pointed toward a day when automobile ownership would be commonplace -- a day that had arrived by 1920.