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how common were automobiles in 1890?
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July 27th 20, 11:17 AM posted to rec.autos.tech
Xeno
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how common were automobiles in 1890?
On 27/7/20 8:05 pm,
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> 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?
>
They certainly were only for the rich, and they were as scarce as
rocking horse turds. It wasn't until Henry Ford and the Model T that
prices came down to where the middle class at least could afford them.
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