When Was This Car(toon) Made?

"Raphael Orlove" (orlove) 08/20/2014 at 22:51 • Filed to: Car History, Ad Watch

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Part two of When Was This Car Made !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! down to the exact year, and appears to have been rife with cheating! I had no idea people loved these old cars so much and I am truly flattered. In any case, here's a car that was never made, so you can't cheat the year.

This is technically an advertisement, but illustrations of cars are important historical tools for understanding how cars are perceived in the world. That's why I laugh every time I see a street sign that shows a silhouette of a car, only that silhouette hasn't been updated since 1973.

In any case, what year was this car, or, uh, cartoon made? And reverse image search will make your palms grow hair.

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > Raphael Orlove 08/20/2014 at 22:56

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1903

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Raphael Orlove 08/20/2014 at 23:04

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this is a 1905 douche advertisement

Alfalfa > Raphael Orlove 08/20/2014 at 23:06

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1901, and here's where you can bid on one!

http://www.cqout.com/item.asp?id=18…

Raphael Orlove > Alfalfa 08/20/2014 at 23:11

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well, getty says circa 1895, but I'll go with this!

circa 1895: A woman driving a car which has a box of Lux soap flakes strapped to the front in place of the engine.

Raphael Orlove > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 08/20/2014 at 23:12

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this is wrong, but so very right

Alfalfa > Raphael Orlove 08/20/2014 at 23:23

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I think this picture just became the biggest mystery in the universe.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Raphael Orlove 08/20/2014 at 23:38

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A long time ago

monkeyracing > Alfalfa 08/21/2014 at 02:11

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I was going to guess at 1900. Good job!

nottechnos > Raphael Orlove 08/21/2014 at 05:29

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The Arch Duke is right. This is an ad for douche. 'Refreshing' soaps were sold to women to deal with their 'personal odors' around that time.