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[-- --]. DURYEA, CHARLES EDGAR (1862-1938). Cabinet photograph inscribed and signed ("Charles E Duryea") by Lasswell, Peoria, Ill. (blind-stamped on lower margin), n.d. [circa 1895]. 166 x 109 mm. (6½ x 4¼ in.) including mount. A shoulder-length portrait, inscribed on the lower portion of the image: "The suction spray solved the problem Charles E Duryea." Rare.
American inventor and manufacturer, "Father of the automobile" his "Duryea Motor Wagon Co.," Springfield Mass. sold the first car in 1896. Duryea was also the inventor of the spray carburetor and the first to use pneumatic tires on cars (1893).
American inventor and manufacturer, "Father of the automobile" his "Duryea Motor Wagon Co.," Springfield Mass. sold the first car in 1896. Duryea was also the inventor of the spray carburetor and the first to use pneumatic tires on cars (1893).