Duryea Motor Wagon with Barnum & Bailey Circus, 1896
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Early automobiles were more of a curiosity than practical transportation. Duryea Motor Wagon Company was the first American firm to try to make a business of building and selling automobiles. In this photograph, a Duryea is displayed by the Barnum & Bailey Circus in 1896 -- an excellent advertisement for the company. The only known surviving 1896 Duryea is in the collections of The Henry Ford.
Early automobiles were more of a curiosity than practical transportation. Duryea Motor Wagon Company was the first American firm to try to make a business of building and selling automobiles. In this photograph, a Duryea is displayed by the Barnum & Bailey Circus in 1896 -- an excellent advertisement for the company. The only known surviving 1896 Duryea is in the collections of The Henry Ford.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
circa 1905
Subject Date
1896
Keywords
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
P.1774.CO.92
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Family of Henry Austin Clark, Jr.
Material
Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.5 in
Width: 10.5 in
Inscriptions
Handwritten on back: From Stevens Duryea Company Chicopee Falls Mass Do not return. Handwritten on back by Henry Austin Clark Jr.: Copy neg #92.
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