Instructions for 1904 White Steam Touring Car

Summary

If you had never run a steam engine before, how would you know how to operate a steam-powered vehicle? This 1904 instruction manual helped owners navigate the ins and outs of the White Steam Touring car. Numbered illustrations, parts lists, and "how-to" instructions familiarize drivers with their new vehicle.

If you had never run a steam engine before, how would you know how to operate a steam-powered vehicle? This 1904 instruction manual helped owners navigate the ins and outs of the White Steam Touring car. Numbered illustrations, parts lists, and "how-to" instructions familiarize drivers with their new vehicle.

Artifact

Manual (Instructional materials)

Date Made

1904

Subject Date

1904

Creators

White Sewing Machine Company 

Place of Creation

United States, Ohio, Cleveland 

Creator Notes

Made for the White Sewing Machine Company, Cleveland, Ohio

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.184.41

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Dimensions

Height: 6.75 in.

Width: 5.25 in.

Inscriptions

Cover: INSTRUCTIONS FOR / White Steam / Touring Car / White Sewing Machine Co. / CLEVELAND, OHIO

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