View of an 1898 Duryea dos-a-dos trap. Typed on sleeve: "Subject: Duryea automobiles. Collection: MS3/Charles E. Duryea Collection. Date: 1899. Source: Estate of Charles E. & M. Jerry Duryea. I.D.: Duryea dos-a-dos trap. Shown on back of photo: Duryea, 3-wheeled. Second of this design. '1897' began in 1898. Finished in the cold weather of 1898-9. With delivery wagon body. Gave good service, much used as a demonstrator. Besides the most practical type of front wheel steering, it has a 3-cylinder, 4-cycle engine; planetary transmission with chain to drive rear axle of the one piece engine has spray carburetor, electric ignition, cagneto [sic] to generate current, & readily opened crank case, to permit inspection. 30" Dunlop tire front; 36 Hartford single tube rear. No rear felloes. Spokes butt against rim. Built in Peoria, Ill."
