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The 1897 LaDuke Mystery: a hobbyist paste-up or overlooked by historians?
Visitor Ron from the USA reports: This is an 1897 LaDuke, made by Louis LaDuke of Bessemer, Michigan. It came from a private museum collection, and it may be a one-of-a-kind. The engine has no markings that I can see, and while it looks similar to engines that I have found by searching the web, I have been unable to find a match. Does anyone know who may have manufactured this engine and where I might find out more about its history? And, has anyone ever seen another "buckboard' style car like this one? I would greatly appreciate any help you can offer.
Editor: regarding LaDuke... the Standard Catalogue of American Cars 1805-1942 (second edition) does not show a single paragraph regarding LaDuke. It is not impossible that Louis LaDuke made this car back then. But we have to keep in mind that at later times hobbyists made up cars from old parts being around.
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martedì febbraio 14th, 2012
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16 Febbraio 2012, 09:51
Perhaps the automobile equivalent of that French contender for early genius, the Meyer-Guilmet bicycle, another machine of indeterminate history.
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15 Febbraio 2012, 20:45
The website is as good as ever - interesting story about the LaDuke. I did a quick check of the Ironwood News Record - this is the local newspaper of Gogebic County, MI where Bessemer is located. Louis N. LaDuke (spelled both La Duke and LaDuke) shows up as a Democratic candidate for County Surveyor. However, this is Aug. 1910. Someone with more time may want to check the newspaper records for 1897 (they exist) for news of Mr. LaDukes vehicle. I'm sure that such an event would make the local paper.
All the best and keep up the good work, Steve
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All the best and keep up the good work, Steve
Sconosciuto
15 Febbraio 2012, 18:26
The top end of the engine is very similar to that on the 1905 Holsman I saw last week, although the Holsman is a horizontally opposed twin. It appears to have an automatic inlet valve.
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15 Febbraio 2012, 15:57
I think that to see a geartrain could possibly help us to determine what we are facing - there are no chains visible so would they have employed a shaft? Really progressive for such a vehicle...
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15 Febbraio 2012, 12:22
"made in to a buckboard at anytime during the last century"
I s'pose I'd be thought uncharitable if I even hinted that "THIS century" could at a stretch be not that impossible ;-) ?
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I s'pose I'd be thought uncharitable if I even hinted that "THIS century" could at a stretch be not that impossible ;-) ?
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15 Febbraio 2012, 10:59
One observation, the floor boards visible on the right of the front close-up view, appear to show that the board has been through a planing machine.Perhaps someone knows when planing machines were first available, Of course, it dose not date the machine but I suspect a later date and may be a "found" engine and made in to a buckboard at anytime during the last century
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15 Febbraio 2012, 08:41
I see they took the term intake valve literally.
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15 Febbraio 2012, 06:12
wonder , how transmission and drive work ?
mike
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15 Febbraio 2012, 00:44
1897 LaDuke, Bessemer, Michigan
This was an iron ore mining area according to the Bessemer Historical Society.
http://bessemerhistoricalsociety.com/
Nothing is found in the 1928 Bessemer, historical records for La Duke
However in the 1888 classified section, this entry is found
Leduke & Masscutt … props, Commercial House, Mary St.
Obviously a Timber supplier, to the mining industry. Maybe a misprint of his name, but someone who could readily make a buggy of sorts. This looks more like a model or prototype, having no suspension, other than the seat.
Stuart Penketh
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This was an iron ore mining area according to the Bessemer Historical Society.
http://bessemerhistoricalsociety.com/
Nothing is found in the 1928 Bessemer, historical records for La Duke
However in the 1888 classified section, this entry is found
Leduke & Masscutt … props, Commercial House, Mary St.
Obviously a Timber supplier, to the mining industry. Maybe a misprint of his name, but someone who could readily make a buggy of sorts. This looks more like a model or prototype, having no suspension, other than the seat.
Stuart Penketh