Newport Mansions Virtual Lecture Series has released the video of The Advent of the Automobile on YouTube

[bill pritchett]

The Newport Mansions Virtual Lecture Series has released the video of The Advent of the Automobile on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9LFNBiTtGo

 

This is just one of a series on the “Gilded Age” they have.

 

I have just started watching it but find it very interesting.  Following is a description of it from their Facebook page:

 

Presenters are:  Howard Kroplick, Historian and Author, Madelyn Rzadkowolski, Curator, Meadow Brook Hall, and Robert Signom III, Curator, America’s Packard Museum.

 

The Gilded Age saw the advent of the automobile along with the rise of industrial giants, international road racing, and heightened standards of luxury. Three expert panelists will discuss the excitement of the burgeoning automobile industries from Detroit to Newport. Historian and Author Howard Kroplick will relay stories of William K. Vanderbilt Jr. racing in Newport and the prestigious Vanderbilt Cup Race held on Long Island, and will show rare racing films. Madelyn Rzadkowolski, Curator at Meadow Brook Hall in Rochester, Michigan, will share stories of the Dodge brothers and early car shows. Robert Signom III, Curator of America’s Packard Museum, will reveal the heated exchanges that resulted in the creation of the Ohio Automobile Company.