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- 1896 Duryea Runabout - Early automobile inventors tended to make one-of-a-kind vehicles. Charles and Frank Duryea had a different idea. In 1896, they established the Duryea Motor Wagon Company and built thirteen identical vehicles. Based on their second model that had recently won America's first automobile race, this car was user friendly. A single lever controlled steering, shifting, and accelerating. The Henry Ford owns the only known surviving 1896 Duryea.
- 1896
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1896 Duryea Runabout
Early automobile inventors tended to make one-of-a-kind vehicles. Charles and Frank Duryea had a different idea. In 1896, they established the Duryea Motor Wagon Company and built thirteen identical vehicles. Based on their second model that had recently won America's first automobile race, this car was user friendly. A single lever controlled steering, shifting, and accelerating. The Henry Ford owns the only known surviving 1896 Duryea.
- Duryea Motor Wagon at the 1895 Chicago Times-Herald Race - Frank J. Duryea sits at the tiller of the horseless carriage he designed, built, and drove to victory in the 1895 <EM>Chicago Times-Herald</EM> race. Beside him is umpire Arthur W. White. The event, held November 28, was the first official auto race in the United States.
- November 28, 1895
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Duryea Motor Wagon at the 1895 Chicago Times-Herald Race
Frank J. Duryea sits at the tiller of the horseless carriage he designed, built, and drove to victory in the 1895 Chicago Times-Herald race. Beside him is umpire Arthur W. White. The event, held November 28, was the first official auto race in the United States.
- View at the 1895 Chicago Times-Herald Automobile Race - On November 28, 1895, the <EM>Chicago Times-Herald</EM> sponsored the first organized automobile race in the United States. Snowy weather further complicated the difficult 54-mile course from Chicago's Jackson Park to Evanston, Illinois, and back. Six vehicles entered the race, but the $2,000 prize went to a Duryea runabout that finished first with a time of 10 hours and 23 minutes.
- November 28, 1895
- Collections - Artifact
View at the 1895 Chicago Times-Herald Automobile Race
On November 28, 1895, the Chicago Times-Herald sponsored the first organized automobile race in the United States. Snowy weather further complicated the difficult 54-mile course from Chicago's Jackson Park to Evanston, Illinois, and back. Six vehicles entered the race, but the $2,000 prize went to a Duryea runabout that finished first with a time of 10 hours and 23 minutes.