Mr. Shultz posing in a 1900 Columbia Mark VIII automobile

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Description

View of Mr. Shultz posing in a 1900 Columbia Mark VIII car. Handwritten on front: "1900 Columbia Mark VIII." Stamped on front: "From Henry Cave Hartford Automobile Historical Collection." Handwritten on back: "Shultz. Supt. Riker Motor Vehicle Co., later asst. to Riker with Locomobile. The first car to have vertical motor in front & shaft drive made in U.S. Ignition governor (1st). Made non-stop 500 mile best in 1899 (1st). Designed in 1898, about 200 made."

Details

Resource ID:: na043308
Subject:: Automobiles; Columbia Motor Car Company; Photographic prints
Date:: unknown
Format:: 1 photographic print mounted on stock ; image 4 x 3.75 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Location:: Columbia (Connecticut), 1900-1901
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.