Thursday, May 2, 2013

History of the automobile from the stone age to Henri Ford - a story by H.U. Steger


A few weeks ago I've found this particular book with the German title "Lasst hupen aus alter Zeit. Die Geschichte des Automobils van der Steinzeit bis Henry Ford" by H.U. Steger (Diogenes-Verlag, Zürich, 1955). I really like this kind of imaginary ,fictive inventiveness  and humorous view on history... it's like a specific kind of science fiction, not into the future, but back in time...


reconstruction of an early egyptian convertible
hieroglyphs in the tomb of an ancient egyptian police officer

olde chinese Hei-wei (highway ;-)
meanwhile in ancient Rome....

pedestrians thrown before the automobiles in Rome's Arena of Death...
the tribe of the Teutons...
the cruisades...

the Huns...
knights...

wine transportation by monks....

the Peugeot of Louis XIV...



Indians...

more indians...
Learn more:
www.h-u-steger.ch

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