Tablet honoring Charles E. Duryea, Reading, Pennsylvania
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Description
View of a tablet honoring Charles E. Duryea located at the top of Duryea Drive in Reading, Pennsylvania. Tablet reads: "Duryea Drive. Reading, Pennsylvania honors Charles E. Duryea, inventor and builder of America's first gasoline automobile, 1892 in Springfield, Massachusetts. The Duryea automobiles which were manufactured in Reading 1900-1911 climbed Mount Penn in high gear over this drive. 29 the Historical Society of Berks County, 1942." Typed on back: "Subject: Duryea awards, plaques. Collection: MS3/Charles E. Duryea Collection. Date: 19 April 1942. Source: Estate of Charles E. & M. Jerry Duryea. I.D.: Commemorative bronze plaque honoring Charles E. Duryea, Mount Penn, top of Duryea Drive, Reading, Pa."
Details
- Resource ID:
- na040586
- Subject:
- Duryea, Charles E., 1861-1938--Monuments--Pennsylvania--Reading
- Plaques, plaquettes--Pennsylvania--Reading
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1942-04-19
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 10 x 8 in.
- Department:
- National Automotive History Collection
- Location:
- MS3/Charles E. Duryea collection, Folder 34, Duryea awards, plaques, etc.
- Negative Number:
- MS3/257
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.