. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 16. — Charles E. Duryea seated in the Duryea car that won the Chicago Times-Herald race on November 28, 1895. In 1896 the Duryea Motor Wagon Co. constructed 13 identical automobiles (fig. 17), the first instance of mass auto- mobile production in America. The sale of the first of these cars constituted the first sale of a gasoline-powered automobile in America. Of these 13 cars, only one re- mains; it is in the private collection of George H. Water- man, at East Greenwich, R. I. A slightly different model, completed in October 1896, w
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 16. — Charles E. Duryea seated in the Duryea car that won the Chicago Times-Herald race on November 28, 1895. In 1896 the Duryea Motor Wagon Co. constructed 13 identical automobiles (fig. 17), the first instance of mass auto- mobile production in America. The sale of the first of these cars constituted the first sale of a gasoline-powered automobile in America. Of these 13 cars, only one re- mains; it is in the private collection of George H. Water- man, at East Greenwich, R. I. A slightly different model, completed in October 1896, was taken to England and entered in the London-to-Brighton run on November 14 of that year. It was the first car to arrive at Brighton, for which performance a gold medal was awarded. This medal is in the National Museum. 24. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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