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First car in Canada (1896) still going strong, owned by Chas. Jackson, Calgary.

by: Oliver: Photographer

Publication date: ca. 1896

Usage: Public Domain Mark 1.0

Topics: Automobiles, Women, Men

Publisher: Photo Oliver

Language: English

View of the first car in Canada with three female passengers and one man in uniform.

Notes

Message: Cost $1700, Rate - 20 m.p.h., 8 miles per gallon of water. Driver needed, 2 assistants. 1 to go in front & warn people of the car's coming, 1 to go behind & extinguish the prairie fires started by the exhaust. Bought by Senator Cochrane Ranch, Calgary.
On Back: [Printed no.] A41
Description: View of the first car in Canada with three female passengers and one man in uniform.