Duryea Automobile
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Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 95 Box 41 Folder 1
Duryea Automobile, 1893-1894. Built by the Duryea brothers, Charles E. and J. Frank in Springfield, Massachusetts. It was operated on the streets there in 1893 with a friction drive and in 1894 with the present transmission. This is considered by many as the first American automobile.
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Also featured in True, THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, Smithsonian Scientific Series I, 1929, plate 18. Another image can be found in Widder, Robert B., A PICTORAL TREASURY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1966, p.
Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 95 Box 41 Folder 1
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
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Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Object; Medium: Photographic print