Tablet honoring Charles E. Duryea, Boston, Massachusetts
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Description
View of a tablet honoring Charles E. Duryea at the State House in Boston, Massachusetts. Tablet reads: "The Commonwealth of Massachusetts honors Charles E. Duryea, inventor and builder of America's first gasoline buggy 1892. He made Springfield, Massachusetts the birthplace of the automobile industry." Typed on back: "Subject: Duryea awards, plaques. Collection: MS3/Charles E. Duryea Collection. Date: 1937. Source: Estate of Charles E. & M. Jerry Duryea. I.D.: Plaque honoring Charles E. Duryea by Commonwealth of Massachusetts affixed to State House, Boston, Mass." Handwritten on back: "Marker at State House, Boston."
Details
- Resource ID:
- na040585
- Subject:
- Duryea, Charles E., 1861-1938--Monuments--Massachusetts--Boston
- Plaques, plaquettes--Massachusetts--Boston
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1940-1950
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 6.5 x 9.5 in.
- Department:
- National Automotive History Collection
- Location:
- MS3/Charles E. Duryea collection, Folder 34, Duryea awards, plaques, etc.
- Negative Number:
- MS3/254
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.