Pictures of the Medal and another adventure

National Ass'n of Automobile M'f'g'r's Endurance Test. New York to Pittsburg October 7 to 15  1903

Awarded to ELECTRIC VEHICLE CO for meritorious performance of COLUMBIA car under conditions of unprescedented severity

To read an article which gives many details,
and to see some photos from this
very messy and arduous event,
click HERE

Some pictures of a road test in the hills of Connecticut in 1907.










Unfortunately I have no knowledge of the details or circumstances
of this event, but it must have had special significance to Lawrence Duffie
because these photos were framed together and placed in a very prominent
position in his household - as shown in this family portrait (below) taken c. 1926.
My father, Burton (age 19), is seated on the left.  He was named for
  Bert Holcomb, Lawrence's close friend and driving partner!
---Bruce Duffie




To see more photos of the Duffie family, click HERE.


To see other awards and adventures of
various Columbia cars, click HERE.

That page is then followed by many pages
devoted to the entire life of the Columbia cars,
including ads, news items, and catalogues
from the earliest models through the
final production of 1913.