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- The 1893 Duryea Automobile in the Museum of History and Technology, 1964 - Charles and Frank Duryea built their first automobile in 1893. Three years later the brothers established the Duryea Motor Wagon Company. The company built thirteen identical vehicles in its first year. This Smithsonian Institution publication contains a photograph of factory employees working on some of the thirteen vehicles.
- 1893-1964
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The 1893 Duryea Automobile in the Museum of History and Technology, 1964
Charles and Frank Duryea built their first automobile in 1893. Three years later the brothers established the Duryea Motor Wagon Company. The company built thirteen identical vehicles in its first year. This Smithsonian Institution publication contains a photograph of factory employees working on some of the thirteen vehicles.
- 1896 Duryea Motor Wagon Company Catalog Reprinted in 1951 - The Duryea Motor Wagon Company, run by Charles and Frank Duryea, became the first in America to produce a series of identical vehicles. This accomplishment marked the beginning of the U.S. auto industry. M.J. Duryea, son of Charles Duryea, reproduced one of the original 1896 company brochures and made it available to automobile enthusiasts.
- 1896
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1896 Duryea Motor Wagon Company Catalog Reprinted in 1951
The Duryea Motor Wagon Company, run by Charles and Frank Duryea, became the first in America to produce a series of identical vehicles. This accomplishment marked the beginning of the U.S. auto industry. M.J. Duryea, son of Charles Duryea, reproduced one of the original 1896 company brochures and made it available to automobile enthusiasts.
- 1896 Duryea Motor Wagon Company Brochure - This 1896 brochure promoted the Duryea Motor Wagon Company. Duryea became the first in America to produce a series of identical vehicles, an accomplishment that marked the beginning of the U.S. auto industry. They made 13 vehicles in their first year.
- 1896
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1896 Duryea Motor Wagon Company Brochure
This 1896 brochure promoted the Duryea Motor Wagon Company. Duryea became the first in America to produce a series of identical vehicles, an accomplishment that marked the beginning of the U.S. auto industry. They made 13 vehicles in their first year.
- "The Horseless Age," Volume 1, November 1895 to October 1896 - <EM>The Horseless Age</EM> was an early well-known automobile journal, useful to motoring enthusiasts. These first issues from 1895 and 1896 contain articles, images, and advertisements for a number of automobile manufacturers. It also pictured important automobile pioneers Charles King and Andrew Riker.
- 1895-1896
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"The Horseless Age," Volume 1, November 1895 to October 1896
The Horseless Age was an early well-known automobile journal, useful to motoring enthusiasts. These first issues from 1895 and 1896 contain articles, images, and advertisements for a number of automobile manufacturers. It also pictured important automobile pioneers Charles King and Andrew Riker.
- Duryea Motor Wagon with Barnum & Bailey Circus, 1896 - Early automobiles were more of a curiosity than practical transportation. Duryea Motor Wagon Company was the first American firm to try to make a business of building and selling automobiles. In this photograph, a Duryea is displayed by the Barnum & Bailey Circus in 1896 -- an excellent advertisement for the company. The only known surviving 1896 Duryea is in the collections of The Henry Ford.
- 1896
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Duryea Motor Wagon with Barnum & Bailey Circus, 1896
Early automobiles were more of a curiosity than practical transportation. Duryea Motor Wagon Company was the first American firm to try to make a business of building and selling automobiles. In this photograph, a Duryea is displayed by the Barnum & Bailey Circus in 1896 -- an excellent advertisement for the company. The only known surviving 1896 Duryea is in the collections of The Henry Ford.
- 1898 Duryea Motor Wagon Company Catalog - The Duryea Motor Wagon Company's sales literature for 1898 focused on how to drive and maintain the vehicle, reassuring potential buyers that the vehicle would not explode.
- 1898
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1898 Duryea Motor Wagon Company Catalog
The Duryea Motor Wagon Company's sales literature for 1898 focused on how to drive and maintain the vehicle, reassuring potential buyers that the vehicle would not explode.