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Here’s a 1909 or 1910 Washington. Washington’s were built in Hyattsville, MD from 1909-1912. This one shows a 1910 Maryland license plate on the front. They were a traditional 4 cylinder, 30-40 hp car. They were fairly low production, but fortunately one survives to this day.
1910 Apperson rated at 50hp. Unfortunately, we don’t know anything about this particular car or its history (and can’t make out the message at lower right). Great view of an interesting car with plenty of distracting goodies around it. Photo from Dave Longstreth collection.
The great majority of early cars from this period were of this type. A medium sized touring car with a 200 something cubic inch four cylinder. They had room for the whole family or what ever else you need to carry that you could fit in them. The well made brands were reasonably reliable and…
Dave Lewis who went on to a sucessful racing career is seen on this postcard after winning the 100 miler on the beach. This was the first production year for Stutz with their famous Bearcat, which shared the same chassis as this racer. The factory race cars had the radiator and engine set back about…
A great original photograph of the Arverne Garage, Rockaway Queens, NYC. The car is a 1912-14 Cadillac touring car. One can assume these gentleman were connected with the organization.
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