White 1900-1918 - With steam

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White 1900-1918 - With steam

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Created in 2013

Text:

Roger Gloor

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Antoine Dellenbach

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Steve Burton - Courtesy Pebble Beach Concours d'Elégance

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Bonhams

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- Courtesy RM Sotheby's

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White Rear-Entry Tonneau (1903) - Chantilly Arts & Elégance 2016

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White Rear-Entry Tonneau (1903) - Chantilly Arts & Elégance 2016

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White Model E Light Touring Body (1905) - class winner at the Concours d'Elégance Pebble Beach 2014

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White G-A White (1910) - as no. 20 at the Concours d'Elégance Het Loo 2014

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White G-A White (1910) - as no. 20 at the Concours d'Elégance Het Loo 2014

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White Model O-O 5-Passenger Touring (1910) - at the Bonhams Quail Lodge auction on August 14/15, 2014 as lot 285

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White Model Forty-Five G.E.D. Touring (1916) - as lot 141 at the RM/Sotheby's auction in Hershey 2015

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White Rear-Entry Tonneau (1903) - Chantilly Arts & Elégance 2016

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Summary

There were around 10,000 car brands and designers - most of them have disappeared. White, which made steam cars, is one of these vanished car brands. The US president owned one and after setting a mileage record, the White name became even better known and more popular.

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While Europe's reigning monarchs swapped their luxury carriages for luxury automobiles early on, the US president did not switch to the automobile until 1909. The showpiece of President Taft's White House garage was, appropriately enough, a White Steamer, manufactured by the White Company in Cleveland, Ohio, which was registered in 1906. Prior to this, steam cars were merely a business branch of the White Sewing Machine Co. introduced in 1900 by the founding sons Rollin, Windsor and Walter. Initially, high-format vehicles with chain drive and "cow-tail steering" were offered, with a two-cylinder steam engine installed under the car floor. In 1902, a condenser was created to convert steam back into water. In 1903, the engine was moved to the front (drive via cardan shaft to the rear wheels).

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