the range and variety of the 1909 Knox vehicle line, from the bodies you could put on a commercial chassis, to race cars

found among hundreds of great old car catalogs at http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?word=title_id_list:454055&slabel=Automobiles%253A%2520Manufacturers%2520catalogues%252E&sScope=images&sLevel=1

electric pleasure vehicles from Studebakers in 1909

found among hundreds of great old car catalogs at http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?word=title_id_list:454055&slabel=Automobiles%253A%2520Manufacturers%2520catalogues%252E&sScope=images&sLevel=1

"The Motor Car is the Magic Carpet of Modern Times" late 1920's brochure by Lexington Motor Co

  

found on http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/?facet=Subject=Autos%20and%20Roads

The 1909 Rauch and Lang Carriage Company electric car catalog and artwork

Same car above and below but the top up and down demonstrated

 Interesting that the artwork is the same in the backdrop, but the featured car in the highlight is different

 and here the car seems to be the same model but the artwork is different

found among hundreds of great old car catalogs at http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?word=title_id_list:454055&slabel=Automobiles%253A%2520Manufacturers%2520catalogues%252E&sScope=images&sLevel=1

the great art and variety of design in 1909 car company catalogs

 The Corbin 4 Passenger baby tonneau

 Corbin 4 passenger roadster

Corbin 5 passenger touring

Aboev is a 1909 Corbin I found on http://theoldmotor.com/?p=19172

Notice in the above description the roadster is said to have a "mechanician's" seat. What the hell? I've learned a new word! According to Wikipedia a mechanician is an engineer or a scientist working in the field of mechanics, It is also the term by which makers of mechanical automata use in reference to their profession.

found among hundreds of great old car catalogs at http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?word=title_id_list:454055&slabel=Automobiles%253A%2520Manufacturers%2520catalogues%252E&sScope=images&sLevel=1