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First Time For Everything Even Cars In History
The article recounts early automotive milestones from 1892 to 1909, noting speeders in 1899, the first drive in station 1913, robberies and fatalities, a president riding in a car in Hartford, early ads and horse vs car debates, crashes, the Duryea Motor Wagon Co. as America's first auto company, and a 1909 dresser note on Philadelphia medical leadership. It highlights Eva Nelson, Henry Bliss, and Theodore Mendel among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob German
Electric Vehicle Company
Schuessler
Lexington Avenue
New York City
East 22Nd Street
Gulf Refining Company
St. Clair Street
Pittsburgh
Flatheads Gang
Pennsylvania
Bethel Road
Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Co
Hartford
Connecticut
Theodore Roosevelt
Columbia Electric Victoria
Jacob Lyman Greene
Winton
Ecomumy
Scientific American
New York Daily Tribune
Henry Wells
Springfield
Mass
Duryea
Evelyn Thomas
Manhattan Hospital
Mr. Wells
Arthur Smith
Central Park West
74Th Street
Henry H. Bliss
Bliss
Roosevelt Hospital
Eva Mudge Nelson
Tric Auto
Duryea Motor Wagon Co
Charles Edgar Duryea
Taylor Street
Duryea Motor Wagon Company
Maine
United States
State College High School
State College
Philadelphia
Philadelphia County Medical Society
Thas
Theodore H. Mendel
Mendel