A 1901 Oldsmobile Convertible With Passengers
by John Telfer
Title
A 1901 Oldsmobile Convertible With Passengers
Artist
John Telfer
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
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On Easter Sunday of 2017 I attended a Car Show in the town of Garden City, NY, located in Long Island. The show started at exactly 10:00 am with close to 1,000 cars on exhibit in several different parking lots. All car participants were informed if they were going to participate in the annual Easter Car Show Parade they had to be ready by 1:00 pm. I was glad I got to the show early as a lot of cars had also and I was able to photograph them without a lot of people around. During the show I did see this 1901 Oldsmobile Convertible with the Curved Dash, but at the time I photographed it, the top was up and there were a lot of people around it, eventually I got a clear photo but it took awhile. Next I stepped onto the main road where the parade began and had a perfect spot to photograph the cars as they would stop for photos and throw candy to the children for Easter. I was thrilled to see the 1901 Oldsmobile Convertible coming around the turn and onto the main street with the top down and four individuals dressed in outfits from the period of 1901. The car was in mint condition with four thin black spoke tires and two benches. The colors of black and maroon blended well together. Plus the long pipe steering column, along with the brass front headlights attached to the curved dashboard. The owner of this car kept it in mint condition and the fact that it ran so well was another plus. I spoke to one of the owners of the car and he told me that this car was the biggest mass produced car for its time period. For more on this fantastic classic car please feel free to read below;
The 1901 to 1904 Oldsmobile Curved Dash was the first mass-produced car,[2] made from the first automotive assembly line, an invention that is often miscredited to Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company. (Ford was the first to manufacture cars on a moving assembly line.) After Olds merged Olds Motor Vehicle Co. with the Olds Gas Engine Works in 1899, it was renamed Olds Motor Works and moved to a new plant in Detroit, located at the corner of East Jefferson Avenue and MacArthur Bridge.[3] By March 1901, the company had a whole line of models ready for mass production. However, a mistake by a worker caused the factory to catch fire, and it burned to the ground, with all of the prototypes destroyed. The only car that survived the fire was a Curved Dash prototype, which was wheeled out of the factory by two workers while escaping the fire. A new factory was built in Lansing, and production of the Curved Dash commenced.
Officially, the cars were called "Olds automobiles," but were colloquially referred to as "Oldsmobiles." It was this moniker, as applied especially to the Curved Dash Olds, that was popularized in the lyrics and title of the 1905 hit song "In My Merry Oldsmobile".
The last Oldsmobile Curved Dash was made in 1907. General Motors purchased the company in 1908.
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May 14th, 2017
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