1898 Benz Velo 3hp car opera glasses 'The Singer Yvette Guilbert'

'The Singer Yvette Guilbert'

developed from being a small tavern to a noted resort for Londoners

A man collecting money for prisoners

English poet

Children playing on the roadside at the corner of Loftus Street in Hanley

1898 Benz Velo 3hp car opera glasses 'The Singer Yvette Guilbert'1898 Benz Velo 3hp car. Karl Benz was the father of the motorcar. In 1885 he built the first successful petrol engine car, and Benz cars were produced for public sale from 1888. For more than ten years Benz led the world in car production and in 1896 their output exceeded the combined efforts of all car makers in Britain and the United States of America. This 1898 example is in very original condition.