1898 Winton Automobile
date: label: date made
content: 1898
name: label: maker
content: Winton Engine Company
notes: label: Description
content: This is the first production car that Alexander Winton sold. One of America’s earliest automobile manufacturers, Winton had repaired and sold bicycles in the 1890s, then began producing gasoline cars in Cleveland for affluent Americans who wanted to try the new thrill of driving. Robert Allison, a retired machinist in Port Carbon, Pennsylvania, purchased this car. Winton vehicles became known for their quality and rugged durability; Alexander Winton fielded several race cars in the early 1900s, and H. Nelson Jackson made the first transcontinental automobile trip in a 1903 Winton touring car. The Winton Motor Carriage Company made cars until 1924. The Winton Engine Company, a successor company, donated the 1898 car to the Smithsonian Institution in 1929.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, Cleveland
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content: Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
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content: Automobiles
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content: America on the Move
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content: Transportation
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content: Road Transportation
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of The Winton Engine Co.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TR.309601
label: accession number
content: 105119
label: catalog number
content: 309601
objectType: label: Object Name
content: automobile
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 90 in x 60 in x 104 in; 228.6 cm x 152.4 cm x 264.16 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 96 in x 87 in x 120 in; 243.84 cm x 220.98 cm x 304.8 cm