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Lot #236
James Frank Duryea Motor Vehicle Patent Lithographs

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Description

Original patent lithographs for James Frank Duryea's "Motor-Vehicle," five pages, 7 x 10.75, June 22, 1897. The diagrams feature side and aerial views of the vehicle, plus schematics for the motor and associated mechanisms. All marked at the bottom: "The Norris Peters Co., Photo-Litho, Washington, D.C." Includes the printed United States Patent Office specification sheet, six pages on three sheets, which describes the invention as an "improvement in the driving mechanism for automobile carriages, wagons, power-driven boats, and analogous purposes." In fine condition.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Fine Autograph and Artifacts, Ft. Science & Tech
  • Dates: #622 - Ended December 08, 2021