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- Antique Automobile Club of America Diamond Jubliee Pin, 1971 - In 1896, the Duryea Motor Wagon Company, headed by Charles and Frank Duryea, built thirteen automobiles using the same design. It was the beginning of automobile production -- and the automobile industry -- in the United States. Seventy-five years later car enthusiasts celebrated. This souvenir pinback button was made to commemorate the Duryeas' accomplishment.
- 1971
- Collections - Artifact
Antique Automobile Club of America Diamond Jubliee Pin, 1971
In 1896, the Duryea Motor Wagon Company, headed by Charles and Frank Duryea, built thirteen automobiles using the same design. It was the beginning of automobile production -- and the automobile industry -- in the United States. Seventy-five years later car enthusiasts celebrated. This souvenir pinback button was made to commemorate the Duryeas' accomplishment.
- 1914 Simplex Automobile in an Automobile Show in Devon, Pennsylvania, October 1953 - The Simplex Automobile Company, formed in New York in 1907, produced some of the best-built and most powerful early American cars. Simplex purchased the Crane Motor Car Company of New Jersey in 1915. Crane-Simplex ended automobile production during World War I -- a temporary situation that became permanent when the company's assets were sold in 1922.
- October 01, 1953
- Collections - Artifact
1914 Simplex Automobile in an Automobile Show in Devon, Pennsylvania, October 1953
The Simplex Automobile Company, formed in New York in 1907, produced some of the best-built and most powerful early American cars. Simplex purchased the Crane Motor Car Company of New Jersey in 1915. Crane-Simplex ended automobile production during World War I -- a temporary situation that became permanent when the company's assets were sold in 1922.