Selden Patent Lawsuit Collection
Archival Collection Overview
Historical Note
George Baldwin Selden was born on September 14, 1848 in Clarkston, New York, the son of a well-to-do local lawyer. He attended local public schools, the University of Rochester, and graduated from Yale University after a brief enlistment in the Union Army during the Civil War. He was admitted to the New York bar in 1871 and joined his father's law firm. Selden turned his attention to mechanical design and in 1879 he filed a patent application for a self-propelled "road engine." In 1895 he was...
Scope and Content Note
The Selden Patent Lawsuit collection consists of two series, Subject Files and Lantern Slides. Materials in these two series were obtained from separate sources and combined by staff of The Henry Ford into a single assembled collection.
The Subject Files series, 1891-1955 (2.0 cubic ft.), includes correspondence, clippings, British, French, and American patent copies and financial reports. Researchers should note that material in this collection was gathered from ...
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86.1.1704.0
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Digitized Artifacts From This Collection
George Selden with the 1907 Selden Motor Buggy during the Selden Patent Suit
Driving the Selden Motor Buggy during the Selden Patent Suit
"What is the Selden Patent on Gasoline Automobiles?," 1910
"Selden Patent Overthrown by Federal Court," 1911
"Selden Loses Decision in Circuit Court of Appeals," 1911
Selden Road-Engine Specifications, U. S. Patent Number 549,160, November 5, 1895
"Comparative Scale Drawings of Selden Vehicle, Complainants' Ex. 89," circa 1905
