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- Working Model of First Automobile, Gifted to Henry Ford in 1938 - The automobile's invention cannot be traced to any one person, place or moment in time. However, historians generally credit the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, built in Germany by engineer Karl Benz in 1885, with being the first self-propelled vehicle designed around an internal combustion engine. This one-fifth-scale replica was given to Henry Ford by Daimler-Benz Company on Ford's 75th birthday.
- July 30, 1938
- Collections - Artifact
Working Model of First Automobile, Gifted to Henry Ford in 1938
The automobile's invention cannot be traced to any one person, place or moment in time. However, historians generally credit the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, built in Germany by engineer Karl Benz in 1885, with being the first self-propelled vehicle designed around an internal combustion engine. This one-fifth-scale replica was given to Henry Ford by Daimler-Benz Company on Ford's 75th birthday.
- Woman in a Ball Gown, 1860-1865 -
- 1860-1865
- Collections - Artifact
Woman in a Ball Gown, 1860-1865