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    James Frank Duryea (October 8, 1869 – February 15, 1967) was an American engineer and inventor who, with his brother Charles (1861–1938), invented the...
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    near Canton, Illinois, to George Washington Duryea and Louisa Melvina Turner. Duryea and his brother Frank (1869–1967) were initially bicycle makers in...
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    The company was founded by J. Frank Duryea and J. Stevens Arms and Tool Company, in 1901 to build cars to Frank Duryea's design. First appearing as a two-cylinder...
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    build gasoline automobiles. Founded by Charles Duryea and his brother Frank, the company built the Duryea Motor Wagon, a one-cylinder four-horsepower car...
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    with battery and gasoline-fueled internal-combustion engine. In 1893, Frank Duryea is reported to have made the first horseless carriage trip on U.S. roads...
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    Dan Duryea (/ˈdʊri.eɪ/ DUR-ee-ay, January 23, 1907 – June 7, 1968) was an American actor in film, stage, and television. Known for portraying a vast range...
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  • transmission, and a 95" wheelbase. Duryea Motor Wagon Company Duryea Motor Wagon Stevens-Duryea Charles Duryea Frank Duryea Dusan Ristic-Petrovic. "Image:...
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    Wyoming. Otho Cromwell Duryea (1880–1941), born in Wyoming, brother of Charles and J. Frank Duryea. President of the O. C. Duryea Corporation and pioneer...
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    The Duryea brothers, Charles Duryea (December 15, 1861 – September 28, 1938) and J. Frank Duryea (October 8, 1869 – February 15, 1967) were early pioneers...
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  • Duryea (1815–1884), American lawyer, politician, and militia officer Herman B. Duryea (1862–1916), American race horse owner and breeder J. Frank Duryea...
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  • city, north along the lakefront to Evanston, Illinois, and back again. Frank Duryea won the race in 7 hours and 53 minutes, beating the other five entrants...
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    Draper Fred Duesenberg John B. Dunlop William C. Durant Charles E. Duryea J. Frank Duryea Harley J. Earl Dale Earnhardt Joseph O. Eaton John E. Echlin Thomas...
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    age 65 or over. Bob Barnes, pitcher with the Chicago White Sox James Frank Duryea, built and road-tested America's first gasoline-powered car] Clifford...
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    the Club Quarter. On September 20, 1893, Springfielders Charles and Frank Duryea road-tested the first-ever American-built, gasoline-powered car in Springfield...
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    In 1901, Stevens entered into a partnership with J. Frank Duryea to produce the Stevens-Duryea automobile manufactured at a separate facility also in...
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    stations. In Springfield, Massachusetts, brothers Charles and Frank Duryea founded the Duryea Motor Wagon Company in 1893, becoming the first American automobile...
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  • American (1899 automobile) (category Duryea)
    The American was an American automobile designed by Frank Duryea and manufactured by the American Automobile Company of New York City in 1899 to 1901....
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  • race Simone Federmann Daimler 11–13 June Paris–Bordeaux–Paris race Paul Koechlin Peugeot 28 November Chicago Times-Herald race J. Frank Duryea Duryea...
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    skater Jack Driscoll (born 1997), NFL player for the Philadelphia Eagles Frank Duryea, inventor and builder of first American gasoline-powered automobile Peter...
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    Chicago, 1968 Scharchburg, Richard P., Carriages Without Horses: J. Frank Duryea and the Birth of the American Automobile Industry, SAE, 1993, ISBN 1-56091-380-0...
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    early form of biodiesel. 1893: The Duryea Motor Wagon Company, founded by siblings Charles Duryea and J. Frank Duryea, arguably becomes the first American...
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  • over the 54 miles from Chicago's Jackson Park to Evanston, Illinois. Frank Duryea wins in approximately 10 hours. 1899 – The Second Boer War: A British...
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    Townsend Duryea (1823 – 13 December 1888) and his brother Sanford Duryea (22 February 1833 – 20 March 1903, see below) were American-born photographers...
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    former Massachusetts Treasurer and Holyoke mayor Duryea brothers, Charles Duryea (1861–1938) and Frank Duryea (1869–1967), were the first to build an automobile...
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  • Parliament of Religions in Chicago. September 21 – Brothers Charles and Frank Duryea drive the first gasoline-powered motorcar in America, on public roads...
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  • 1930) January 30 – Eddie Tolan, sprinter (b. 1908) February 15 – J. Frank Duryea, engineer and inventor (b. 1869) February 16 – Smiley Burnette, country...
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    Frank Fay (born Francis Anthony Donner; November 17, 1891 – September 25, 1961) was an American vaudeville comedian (the first stand-up) and film and...
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    Springfielders Charles and Frank Duryea built and then road-tested the first-ever American, gasoline-powered car in Springfield. The Duryea Motor Wagon was built...
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    taught at Eureka College J. Frank Duryea (1869-1967), a co-inventor of the gas-powered automobile, born in Washburn Frank Frantz (1872-1941), Rough Rider...
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    OCLC 50851708. Scharchburg, Richard P. (1993). Carriages without horses : J. Frank Duryea and the birth of the American automobile industry. Warrendale, PA: Society...
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