Bertha Benz was a German automotive pioneer. She was the wife and business partner of automobile inventor Karl Benz and the first person who drove an automobile over a long distance.
Here are 12 rare vintage photos of this clever and beautiful woman in the late 19th century.
Here are 12 rare vintage photos of this clever and beautiful woman in the late 19th century.
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| A portrait of young Bertha Benz |
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| Bertha and Carl in their car |
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| Bertha Benz and her daughters |
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| Bertha Benz and her four children, 1883 |
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| Bertha Benz at age 18 |
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| Bertha Benz driving the Benz Patent Motor Car, 1886 |
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| Bertha Benz in Benz Motorwagen |
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| Bertha Benz posing next the chair |
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| Bertha Ringer as she became Karl Benz's businesspartner, 1871 |
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| Karl and Bertha Benz with their daughter Clara and Fritz Held on a Benz Victoria, 1894 |
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| Karl Benz with his wife Bertha posing in Mannheim on his Benz Victoria car, 1894 |
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| Karl Benz, his family and Theodor Baron von Liebieg driving a Benz Victoria and a Vis-à-Vis Benz Patent Motor Carin on a trip from Mannheim to Gernsheim, 1894 |
