Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s

Jacob Miller - November 5, 2017

The first working steam-powered vehicle was designed by Ferdinand Verbeist, a Flemish member of a Jesuit mission in China around 1672. It was a toy for the Emperor that was unable to carry a driver or passenger.

Nicholas-Joseph Cugnot is generally credited with building the first full-scale, self-propelled mechanical vehicle in 1769; a steam-powered tricycle. He constructed two steam tractors for the French army as well.

In 1807, brothers Nicephore and Claude Niepce built the world’s first internal combustion engine and used it on a boat. At the same time, Swiss inventor Francois Isaac de Rivaz designed his own internal combustion engine and created a vehicle. Neither worked very well.

In November 1881, French inventor Gustave Trouvé demonstrated the first working (three-wheeled) car powered by electricity at the International Exposition of Electricity, Paris. Although several other German engineers (including Gottlieb Daimler, Wilhelm Maybach, and Siegfried Marcus) were working on the problem at about the same time, Karl Benz generally is acknowledged as the inventor of the modern car.

Large-scale, production-line manufacturing of affordable cars was started by Ransom Olds in 1901 at his Oldsmobile factory in Michigan. The concept was expanded by Henry Ford, beginning in 1913 with the world’s first moving assembly line for cars at the Highland Park Ford Plant. Ford’s cars came off the line every 15 minutes. It was so efficient that the coat of paint would create a bottleneck in the process. Only Japan Black paint would dry fast enough, forcing the company to remove the color options.

Ford’s advances in manufacturing made the car an item for the masses. Advertisements became more and more prevalent as competition gripped the market.

Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Cadillac Car 1903 advertisement. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Cadillac Motor Car Co. 1902 advertisement. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — A New High-Power Cadillac, 1905. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — A Summer Day and a Cadillac, 1904. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Chalmers Advertisement, 1920. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Chalmers Pony Tonneau, 1911. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Chalmers Sixes advertisement, 1915. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Buick Motor Company advertisement, 1905. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Buick advertisement, 1912. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Buick Advertisement, 1921. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Chevrolet advertisement, 1923. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Chevrolet Advertisement, 1924. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Chevrolet advertisement, 1925. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Chevrolet advertisement, 1913. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Chevrolet advertisement, 1917. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Chevrolet Corvette advertisement, 1954. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Chevrolet Corvette advertisement, 1955. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Chevrolet Corvette advertisement, 1956. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Chevrolet Corvette advertisement, 1953. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Chrystler and Imperial advertisement, 1924. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Chrysler and Imperial advertisement, 1931. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Chrysler and Imperial advertisement, 1935. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Crosley advertisement, 1939. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — DeSoto advertisement, 1937. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — DeSoto advertisement, 1940. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — DeSoto Advertisement, 1942. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Dodge Brothers Motor Car advertisement, 1915. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Dodge advertisement, 1929. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Dodge Advertisement, 1938. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Dodge Advertisement, 1943. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Dodge advertisement, 1947. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Dodge Truck advertisement, 1943. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Dodge Truck advertisement, 1948. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Duesenberg advertisement, 1934. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Edsel advertisement, 1958. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Edsel advertisement, 1958. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Empire advertisement, 1910. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Ford advertisement, 1903. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Ford advertisement, 1904. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Ford advertisement, 1910. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Ford advertisement, 1915. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Ford advertisement, 1930. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Ford advertisement, 1945. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Ford advertisement, 1950. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Ford Thunderbird advertisement, 1961. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Ford Thunderbird advertisement, 1955. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Ford Truck advertisement, 1923. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Ford Truck advertisement, 1946. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Ford Truck advertisement, 1957. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Franklin advertisement, 1904. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — GM Advertisement, 1942. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — 1940 Graham Hollywood Convertible Postcard, 1940. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Hudson advertisement, 1943-1945. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Hupmobile Skylark advertisement, 1940.

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Jeep advertisement, 1945. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Jeep advertisement, 1947. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Jordan advertisment, 1926. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Kaiser and Frazer advertisement, 1947. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Kissel advertisement, 1928. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Lincoln advertisement, 1929. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Lincoln advertisement, 1946. oldcaradvertising

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Photos of Vintage Car Ads From the Early 1900s to the 1960s — Locomobile advertismenet, 1900. oldcaradvertising

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