T.A. Russell in CCM Ivanhoe, 1903
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Collection of the Canadian Automotive Museum
Thomas A. Russell, then the head of Canadian Cycle and Motor, demonstrates one of his company’s Ivanhoes, circa 1903. The following year Russell founded the Russell Motor Car Company, which would successfully produce gasoline cars until 1916.