#charles duryea

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Charles Duryea (15 December 1861 – 28 September 1938) built the first working gas-powered automobile in the US in 1893

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View of a 1914 Duryea buggyaut, winter model. Typed on back: "Subject: Duryea automobile. Collection: MS3/Charles E. Duryea Collection. Date: 1914 model year. Source: Estate of Charles E. & M. Jerry Duryea. I.D.: Duryea buggyaut, winter model." Stamped on back: "Duryea Motor Co., Saginaw, Mich."

Courtesy of the National Automotive History Collection, Detroit Public Library

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On this day in history September 20, 1893 – Charles Duryea and his brother road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile. (Wikipedia)

View of an 1893 Duryea motor wagon. Handwritten on back: "Subject: Duryea automobiles. Collection: MS3/Charles E. Duryea Collection. Date: 1893-1894. Photographer: U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C. (Smithsonian Institute). Source: Estate of Charles E. & M. Jerry Duryea. I.D.: Duryea motor wagon."

Courtesy of the National Automotive History Collection, Detroit Public Library

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View of a 1901 Duryea three-wheeled automobile. Typed on back: "Subject: Duryea automobiles. Collection: MS3/Charles E. Duryea Collection. Date: 1901. Source: Estate of Charles E. & M. Jerry Duryea. I.D.: Duryea three wheeler. Shown on back of photo: This shows the 3-wheeler used in the NY-Rochester run in fall of 1901. It made a perfect run until near Rochester. With several hours & only a few miles, the driver pusht [sic] it into a barn & quit. 'Slippery roads' was his alibi. Years later I learned he had taken a drink of whiskey. Frequently experiences of this sort have convinced me, that even occasional drinkers are not to be trusted. Endurance run."

Courtesy of the National Automotive History Collection, Detroit Public Library

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On June 11, 1895, inventor Charles E. Duryea submitted this patent drawing for a "road vehicle."

Charles, along with his brother Frank, founded the Duryea Motor Wagon Company in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1893 and began road-testing America's first gasoline-powered cars. Starting off competing in auto races, the brothers soon transitioned into manufacturing commercial vehicles.

By the end of 1896, the Duryea brothers had sold 13 cars - the first 10 of which were the first automobiles sold in America. Shortly after, however, the two had an argument about moving their company to Detroit and they went their separate ways. Charles moved to Reading, Pennsylvania and manufactured cars until he closed his garage in 1914.

Image: "Patent Drawing for the Duryea Road Vehicle," 6/11/1895.

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On this day in history, April 19, 1892 – Charles Duryea claims to have driven the first automobile in the United States, in Springfield, Massachusetts.

1. View of an 1892 Duryea motor wagon. Typed on back: "Subject: Duryea automobiles. Collection: MS3/Charles E. Duryea Collection. Date: 1893 (taken). Source: Estate of Charles E. & M. Jerry Duryea. I.D.: Duryea donated to Smithsonian Institute earliest surviving model." Handwritten on back: "Year 1892. On exhibition at Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C." 

2. View of a tablet honoring Charles E. Duryea in Springfield, Massachusetts. Tablet reads: "Springfield, birthplace of the automobile industry. America's first gasoline buggy had its pulling test on April 19, 1892, at 47 Taylor St. Springfield, Massachusetts honors Charles E. Duryea, father of the automobile. This tablet erected 1937 by the Kiwanis Club." Typed on back: "Subject: Duryea awards, plaques. Collection: MS3/Charles E. Duryea Collection. Date: 1937. Source: Estate of Charles E. & M. Jerry Duryea. I.D.: Tablet honoring Charles E. Duryea as the 'Father of the automobile,' Springfield, Mass." 

Courtesy of the National Automotive History Collection, Detroit Public Library

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Duryea Motors - The 1st Commercial Car Manufacturer in America

Duryea Motors – The 1st Commercial Car Manufacturer in America

Charles (left) and Frank Duryea in their 1893 Duryea gasoline car. From Outing magazine Vol 51 Pub. 1908

Charles Duryea was born on this day (Dec 15) in 1861. Charles and his brother Frank were bicycle makers who in 1896 would go on to be the first to commercially serial produce vehicles in America. They did so under the name of the Duryea Motor Wagon Company in what was the largest automobile…

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Today in History: Sept 20, 1893 – Charles Duryea and his brother road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Duryea)