This amusing Clement-Bayard catalogue from 1905/06, entitled “Contes d’hier et d’aujourd’hui”, does not showcase the models in the foreground, but instead tells stories of country doctors
Yes, those doctors who still travelled to their patient`s homes when they were called. At first they went on foot, then on horse, by carriage, by bicycle... until finally they used a ‘four-wheeler’, a motor car. This unique catalogue tells the story of the evolution of their transport over 19 pages, before finally presenting the different models of cars available, specially recommended for doctors. It was also a way of selling motor cars!
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Clement-Bayard 1905 The doctor`s story
V. Christian Manz
Colaborador • 22 Apr, 2026
