226.4 cu.in., 4-Cylinder Inline Engine Single Carburetor 4-Speed Manual Transmission 2-Wheel Brakes Leaf Spring Suspension *From the prestigious collection of the late Sam Garrett *A fine, Brass Era touring car *Finely detailed WHITE Thomas White was an old-line Cleveland manufacturer, primarily of sewing machines, which allowed him the luxury of an automobile, and he bought a Locomobile steamer before the turn of the 20th Century and was unhappy with both its quality and reliability.

His son, Rollin, a Cornell engineer, perfected a water tube steam generator that fixed the most basic problems with the Locomobile and patented it.

He and his brother Windsor began making White steamers, which proved successful and spun off from the original company and they had their own plant by 1906.

Three years later the company was so well established that William Howard Taft selected a White as the first official automobile of the U.S.

President, a publicity coup.

However, steam was running its...