The S-curve silhouette is the dominant look in women's fashion.

Rollin H. White of the White Sewing Machine Company of Cleveland, Ohio, begins marketing a steam-engine automobile, which he calls "The Incomparable White." Stately and powerful, the White becomes the first official presidential car when it is adopted by the William Howard Taft administration.

The Franklin, Peerless, Stearns, Packard, and Auburn gasoline-powered automobiles are introduced.

Woods Electrical Car, with enclosed passenger compartment and elevated seat for a footman, sells for $3,000.

Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen shows the European influence of Louis Sullivan in his designs for the Finnish Pavilion at the Paris Exposition.

3-10 Nov.

The first U.S. automobile show, featuring a wide array of steam-, electric-, and gasoline-powered models, opens in Madison Square Garden in New York City.