[Illustration: GASOLINE AUTOMOBILE.
The first American-built automobile, now in Smithsonian Institute,
Washington, D. C., where this photograph was taken. The rude carriage
that was a curiosity twenty years ago and less--the vehicle that vied
with the two-headed calf and the wild man of Borneo at the county
fairs--was the beginning of the greatest transportation aid since the
birth of civilization. Because of it our standards of living have
become higher. It has broadened the horizon of all of us.
Built by Elwood Haynes, in Kokomo, Indiana, 1893-1894. Equipped with
one-horse-power engine. Successful trial trip made at speed of six
or seven miles an hour, July 4, 1894. Gift of Elwood Haynes, 1910.
262,135.]
[Illustration: When an automobile passed you twenty years ago.]
[Illustration: HOW AUTOMOBILES HAVE IMPROVED