[78-L] Seeking Caruso in car photo

[Mark Bardenwerper]

On 1/1/2011 10:25, simmonssomer wrote:
> Great pic. I notice that the steering wheel is on the right. I wonder who or
> what caused us to  permanently
> swing it over to the left.
> Maybe the same guy who decided that  turntables turn clockwise.
>
> Al S.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kristjan Saag"<saag at telia.com>
> To: "78-L Mail List"<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2011 8:46 AM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Seeking Caruso in car photo
>
>
>> You don't mean this one, do you?
>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Enrico_Caruso_seated_in_automobile_with_4_other_men.png
>> Doesn't look like the Victor building, though.
>> Kristjan
This from Wikipedia

"The first keep-right law in the United States, passed in 1792, applied 
to the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_and_Lancaster_Turnpike>, 
between Lancaster and Philadelphia. New York (in 1804) and New Jersey 
(in 1813) also enacted keep-right rules. Only the formerly British 
'Thirteen Colonies' historically drove on the left; the historically 
French, Spanish, Russian, and Hawaiian portions of the United States all 
drove on the right by the time they were acquired by the United States.

Early American motor vehicles, however, were produced in RHD, following 
the practice established by horse-drawn buggies. This changed in the 
early years of the 20th century: Ford 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford> changed to LHD production in 1908 
with the Model T <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_T>,^[104] 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-_and_left-hand_traffic#cite_note-103> and 
Cadillac <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillac> in 1916."

I'll wager the rotation of the phonograph was somewhat dictated by the 
original design which favored operaton with the right hand, the working 
end of the arm being placed closest to the front for practical reasons.

-- 
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