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1st Tuesdays

From Horses to Horsepower

Adopting the Automobile in America

Online / Zoom / registration required

This program will explore the period of transition from horse drawn to motor-powered vehicles, a period critical in the history of Amesbury when carriage making firms began to build automobile bodies. Bob will explore innovations that led to the development of automobiles, and discuss the historical forces that affected how these innovations were used.

Speaker: Bob Casey

Former John and Horace Dodge Curator of Transportation, Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn MI

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Later Event: June 23
Front Steps. People & Community.