13 vintage photos of the auto industry during America's first auto boom

Henry Ford's Model T automobile created an auto boom in the US in the early 1900s. There were less than 200,000 cars on the road before Ford released the Model T.At its peak, the Model T cost just $575, which was less than the average annual salary for most Americans.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.Before there were Elon Musk and Tesla, there were Henry Ford and the Model T. And between Tesla's state-of-the-art cars and the rise of self-driving vehicles, it's difficult to remember how far we've come since the first-ever automobiles built in Europe in the late 1800s.When Henry Ford built the first Model T, specifically, in 1908, he sparked an automotive movement across the US, the effects of which we are still feeling today. Here are 13 photos of the Model T era, which revolutionized driving in America.