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THE FAMOUS DUS
SHE IDENTICA
1896
COURYEA MOTOR WAGON.OR MOTQACX
TICAL MORSESS CARRIG
WON THE REAL RACE IN CHICAGO LAST NOVET
ac SEEN EVERY DAY IN
IN THE NEW STREET PA
ACYCLE,
TO BE SE
IAGE
VEMBER
PARADE.
THE 1895 DURYEA WAS THE WORLD'S FIRST REAL AUTOMOBILE. HAD ALL MODERN ESSENTIALS.
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Springfield, Mass. Birthplace of the Automobile In- -
dustry. America's first gasoline buggy had its pulling test,
April 19, 1892. Charles E. Duryea, Father of the Automo-
bile. The Duryea Motor Wagon Co.of Springfield was first
U. S. motor car corp. Sept. 21, 1895. Duryea Cars won
America's first auto race, Chicago, Nov. 28, 1895, Amer-
ica's second race, New York, May 30, 1896 and England's
first race, London to Brighton, Nov. 14, 1896. At the
world's first track race, Providence, Sept. 1896, they took
all prizes for gasoline cars. A three-cylinder Duryea won
the first Eagle Rock Hill Climb, Nov. 5, 1901. #540648
granted to Charles E. Duryea June 11, 1895 antedated the
first patents of all other U. S. automobile makers,
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