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LA VIGNE 1881 ROGERS \"PEERLESS BUGGIES\" SILVER SPOON
This pattern was used to advertise Peerless Buggies, possibly from the Peerless Manufacturing Company-Motor Car Company (see below). Marked Peerless Buggies, 1881 Rogers AI.
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From The Smithsonian:Along with Pierce-Arrow and Packard, Peerless was one of the “Three Ps” known for making cars. But Peerless did not always manufacture cars. Before the company was Peerless Motor Car Co., it was known as Peerless Manufacturing Co. Their products included clothes wringers, bicycles, and eventually horseless single-cylinder* buggies called Motorettes.ere very modern in appearance for the time with graceful coachwork. Peerless entered the racing scene in 1903 and, in 1904, a huge 60 hp racer called the Green Dragon was built to be driven by Barney Oldfield, which resulted in numerous speed records and publicity that made the Peerless name fam