Charles Brady King papers, 1848-1922

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Charles Brady King papers, 1848-1922

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/441497984

Includes letters between members of the Fletcher family and relatives of Grace Fletcher, who married C.B. King. Diary of Mrs. King was kept before she was married.

0.2 linear ft. (1 wallet)

Detroit Public Library, Detroit Main Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7538801

Detroit Public Library, Detroit Main Library

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King, Charles Brady, 1868-1957

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Charles B. King was the first person in Detroit to build and drive a gasoline-powered automobile, on March 6, 1896. He was born on Feb. 2, 1868 in Camp Reynolds, an Army post on Angel Island in San Francisco Bay. His family moved to Detroit when he was 14. A lifelong inventor, he invented the pneumatic hammer and other pneumatic tools. In the automotive field, King worked with Henry Ford and the Duryea brothers building gasoline engines for the Duryea Motor Wagon Co. During World War I as an aer...

Fletcher family

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