Photograph: A de Dion Buton Rotonde two seater car belonging to Dr W. H. Williams

This material is held atArchifau Ynys Môn / Anglesey Archives

  • Reference
    • GB 221 WSM242
  • Alternative Id.
      GB 221 WSM/261
  • Dates of Creation
    • [c. 1910]
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 1 item

Scope and Content

PHOTOGRAPH: A de Dion Buton Rotonde two seater car belonging to Dr W. H. Williams, Taldrwst, Dwyran. His first car registered 10th February 1910. Registration EY 163, dark blue.

Administrative / Biographical History

De Dion-Bouton was a French automobile manufacturer and railcar manufacturer operating from 1883 to 1953. The company was founded by the Marquis Jules-Albert de Dion, Georges Bouton, and Bouton's brother-in-law Charles Trépardoux. The company was formed after de Dion in 1881 saw a toy locomotive in a store window and asked the toymakers to build another. Engineers Bouton and Trépardoux had been eking out a living with scientific toys at a shop in the Passage de Léon, near "rue de la Chapelle" in Paris. Trépardoux had long dreamed of building a steam car, but neither could afford it. De Dion, already inspired by steam (in the form of rail locomotives) agreed, and De Dion, Bouton et Trépardoux was formed in Paris in 1883. This became the De Dion-Bouton automobile company, the world's largest automobile manufacturer for a time, becoming well known for their quality, reliability and durability.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Adnau preifat / Private deposit

Note

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Other Finding Aids

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Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

Cyflwr da /Good condition

Archivist's Note

Compiled by Amanda Sweet for Archifau Ynys Môn / Anglesey Archives

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Dion-Bouton

Appraisal Information

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Accruals

Ni ddisgwylir croniadau/Accruals are not expected