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Carl Benz

Carl Benz
  • Surname
    Benz
  • First name
    Carl
  • Title
    Dr. Ing. h.c.
  • Date of birth
    25.11.1844
  • Date of death
    04.04.1929
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An outing with the “Benz Patent Motor Car”. In the vehicle Josef Brecht, at the steering wheel Carl Benz. Instead of the wire-spoke wheels, type III has wooden wheels installed, which were a lot sturdier in the prevailing bad road conditions. In the background curious audience with high wheel and low wheel.
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Benz Patent Motor Car
Benz patent motor car, 1886. Carl Benz at the whel of his patent motor car, next to him his commercial clerk of later years Josef Brecht. The picture was taken around 1887.
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Benz patent motor car
Benz Victoria, 3/4/5/6 hp, built between 1893 and 1900. Theodor von Liebieg, long-distance trip with Benz Victoria, 1894. An outing of the Benz family in 1894 with their Bohemian visitor Theodor Freiherr von Liebieg, on the right hand side in the car, who undertook the first long-distance journey in the world covering 939 km (583 miles) with a Benz “Victoria”.
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Benz Victoria, 1894
A picture of 1894: Carl Benz (in dark suit) and his family on his 3.5 hp/2.6 kW Benz Velo Comfortable.
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Familie Benz mit 3,5 PS Benz-Comfortable, 1894
Carl Benz in later years on his first type I Patent Motor Car.
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Benz Patent-Motorwagen, Carl Benz in München, 1925
Carl Benz with his daughter Klara during a ride in the Benz "Viktoria" in 1894.
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Benz »Victoria«, »Vis-à-Vis« <4 PS>
Carl and Bertha Benz on the rear bench of a Benz Victoria 1893, the first car with a double-pivot steering. In front are his daughter Klara and Fritz Held.
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Carl and Bertha Benz with Benz-Victoria
Benz Victoria with Bertha and Carl Benz on a trip to Worms. The Benz Victoria is the first automobile with Benz's patented steering knuckle steering, which makes its development possible.
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Carl and Bertha Benz on a Benz Victoria, model 1894
Gottlieb Daimler and his motor carriage (at the top), and Carl Benz and the patent motor car, 1886.
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Daimler motor carriage and Benz patent motor car
Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart-Untertürkheim, 1961 Carl Benz, 25.11.1844 - 04.04.1929 Der erste Zweitaktmotor von Benz lief 1879 und über Jahre hinaus bildeten Motoren dieser Bauart das Rückgrat der Benz´schen Unternehmungen.
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Carl Benz mit Zweitaktmotor
Heinrich, Prince of Prussia visiting the Benz Factory Mannheim Benz 70 hp Triple Phaeton with Prince Heinrich of Prussia at the wheel of his second Benz car, 1907 From left: Carl Benz, Dr. Brosin. Behind the car left: Director Josef Brecht, right: Director Hemmesfahr
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Benz 70 hp
Presentation of the honorary citizenship letter of the city of Ladenburg to Carl Benz.
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Presentation of the honorary citizenship letter to Carl Benz
Funeral procession for Carl Benz on April 7, 1929 in Ladenburg.
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Funeral of Carl Benz
Automotive China.Above .Karl Benz at the steering-wheel of his patent motor car.around 1887.Below a Mercedes-Benz 560 SEC.
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Automotive China
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