Rauch & Lang Electric Automobile, 1914
date: label: date made
content: 1914
name: label: previous owner
content: Gorgas, William Crawford
label: maker
content: Rauch & Lang Carriage Co.
notes: label: Description
content: The Rauch and Lang Carriage Company of Cleveland, Ohio built this automobile in 1915. The car was donated to the Smithsonian in 1929. Rauch and Lang cars were expensive vehicles and were often owned by rich urban women. According to a 1913 Washington Post article, Rauch and Lang automobiles were easy to drive, and the company's product was "the one best adapted for driving by women and children." This electrically powered automobile is a four-passenger brougham, with plum-colored upholstery, solid tires, and a tiller for steering. The Smithsonian's example was donated to the collection by the wife of William C. Gorgas, who had been Surgeon General of the Army and died in 1920. It is likely that she used the vehicle rather than him. Like a number of automakers, notably Studebaker, the Rauch and Lang Company started out making coaches and carriages.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Ohio, Cleveland
topic: label: Subject
content: Automobiles
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
label: See more items in
content: America on the Move
label: See more items in
content: Automobiles
label: See more items in
content: Transportation
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. William C. Gorgas
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TR.309622
label: catalog number
content: 309622
label: accession number
content: 106301
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Automobile
label: Object Name
content: automobile, electric
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 88 in x 65 in x 142 in; 223.52 cm x 165.1 cm x 360.68 cm