Bertha Benz
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Bertha Benz was a German automotive pioneer. She was the business partner, investor and wife of automobile inventor Carl Benz. On 5 August 1888, she was the first person to drive an internal-combustio
Bertha Ringer, c. 1871, prior to her marriage to Carl Benz
Bertha Benz at age 18, c. 1867
The Benz Patent-Motorwagen Number 3 of 1886, used by Bertha Benz for the highly publicized first long distance road trip, 106 km (66 mi), by automobile
Carl and Bertha Benz 1925 – Zenodot Verlagsges. mbH
Carl Benz
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Carl Friedrich Benz was a German engine designer and automotive engineer. His Benz Patent-Motorwagen from 1885 is considered the first practical, modern automobile and the first car to be put into ser
Bertha Benz
…Cäcilie Bertha Ringer; 3 May 1849 – 5 May 1944) was a German automotive pioneer. She was the business partner, investor and wife of automobile inventor Carl Benz. On 5 August 1888, she was the first person to drive an internal-combustion-engined automobile over a long distance, field testing the Benz Patent-Motorwagen…
Benz c. 1920
Replica of the Benz Patent-Motorwagen Nr. 1
Engine of a replica of the Benz Patent-Motorwagen Nr. 1
An official license to operate the Benz Patent-Motorwagen on the public roads was issued by Großherzoglich Badisches Bezirksamt on 1 August 1888.