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The Cugnot Steam Wagon is generally considered to be the first automobile. The first self propelled road vehicle. It can be seen today in Paris at the Musee des Arts et Metiers.

Being such a famous vehicle, Cugnot's Steam Wagon's image has been reproduced numerous times, and museum modelers have created miniature reproductions for exhibits. The material in the Virtual Steam Car Museum falls primarily into this catagory.

Cugnot Steam Wagon Postcard, New York Museum of Science & Industry, Front Cugnot Steam Wagon Postcard, New York Museum of Science & Industry, Reverse

The New York Museum of Science and Industry opened in 1936. It would be interesting to research its history.

Cugnot Steam Wagon Postcard, Budapest Museum Postcard Front Cugnot Steam Wagon Postcard, Budapest Museum Postcard Reverse

The Museum of Transport and Communication in Budapest produced this image of the Cugnot Steam Wagon, dating it 1769.

Cugnot Steam Wagon, 1770 Henry Austin Clark Museum Postcard Front Cugnot Steam Wagon, 1770, Henry Austin Clark Museum Postcard, Reverse

Henry Austin Clark's Long Island Auto Museum in Southhampton, NY featured this model of the Cugnot Steam Wagon.

Cugnot Steam Carriage, Dresden Museum Postcard Cugnot Steam Carriage, Dresden Museum Postcard

This Cugnot postcard comes from the Dresden Transport Museum.

Cugnot Steam Carriage Bubble Gum Card 1770

The Cugnot Steam Wagon appeared on a series of bubble gum cards.

Cugnot Steam Carriage, Kellogg's Cereal Collector Card Cugnot Steam Carriage, Kellogg's Cereal Collector Card

The Kellogg's Company produced a series of collector cards, date uncertain. This is the second card in a series of 150.

Cugnot Steam Wagon, Brooke Bond Tea Card, Front Cugnot Steam Wagon, Brooke Bond Tea Card, Reverse

The Brooke Bond Tea Company produced a series of promotional cards. The Cugnot Steam Tractor was its first card.

Cugnot Traction Engine, Wills Cigarettes Card Front Cugnot Traction Engine, Wills Cigarettes Card Reverse

The The W. D. & H. O Wills cigarette company of Bristol and London produced a series of great invention cards. The Cugnot Traction Engine was Number 27.

Cugnot Steam Wagon 1770 Commemorative Stamp

This commemorative stamp appeared in 2008.

Nicholas Cugnot, Wichita Regional Group of the Horseless Carriage Club or America, June 9, 1957 program cover

The Wichita Regional Group of the Horseless Carriage Club of America featured Cugnot's Steam Wagon on the cover of its June 9, 1957 car show program.

Cugnot

This press photograph is dated January 23, 1984.

Cugnot Cugnot Steam Wagon, General Motors Magazine Advertisement, March 1950, The Grade Teacher Magazine

General Motors featured the Cugnot Steam Wagon in this March 1950 magazine advertisement in the inside cover of The Grade Teacher.

Society of Automotive Historians

The Society of Automotive Historians bestowed its prestigeious 2015 Ingersoll Award on the VSCM web site.

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