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Old July 27th 20, 01:49 PM posted to rec.autos.tech
Steve W.[_6_]
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Default how common were automobiles in 1890?

wrote:
> The 1889-90 flu pandemic was the first pandemic to spread around the
> world, thanks to railway and steamships. Were automobiles just for
> the rich elite way back then?


Yes, although there were many different automobile companies then very
few actually built more than a prototype or two. Most were owned by rich
families or were operated by the inventor themselves. Personal travel
was still the domain of horse and buggy with trolley, trains and buses
being the mass transit carriers.

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Steve W.
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