Brooklyn built 1901 De Dion Bouton Vis a Vis Motorette with a top notch umbrella / parasol

The DeDion Bouton is a very important part of automobile history. But I just learned that DeDion made a licensing agreement to build an American equivalent of the European DeDion here in the United States. 

Some were imported and assembled here and others were apparently mostly entirely built here, but by 1901 DeDion became the largest manufacturer of the automobile in the world and one of the oldest since Count Albert DeDion had licensed Georges Bouton and Charles Trepardoux to build light steam carriages for him 20 years prior. 

In 1899 DeDion introduced a full line of tricycles, quadricycles, and then a full fledged small motorcar. They became successful in racing as well as in sales to the public and grew a reputation for being well built, fast and reliable. 

 
This one only had one driver owner, and two collector owners until 1992, and one collector owner until now, this certainly does show it was appreciated instead of seen as a flipping investment

The car still retains its original lamps and its original De Dion Brooklyn, New York rubber floor mat. 

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