BRASS

The Brass Era is an American term for the early period of automotive manufacturing (around the end of the 19th century till the First World War), named for the brass fittings used during this time for such things as car horns, lights, radiators and ornaments... "Back in the late 1800s, man was destined to invent a smarter form of travel, other than depending on horses. Horses cost a lot to the owners of having to feed them, shelter them and most important keeping them healthy. Once the internal engine was invented, it was only a matter of time that many men thought to have it power the very carriages, that the horses have been pulling for centuries... In Europe, in the beginning the first automobiles were built by using the new internal engines to power both bicycles and automobiles. The age some called the horseless carriage age. Others in later years called it the Veteran Age, meaning the oldest and first in the design and building what later became known as the automobile. In..