The C.H. Black Manufacturing Company built the Black phaetons, ''dos-à-dos'' and ''business waggons'' in 2½ to 8 HP models in

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, from 1896–1900. There is some evidence that they built a

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as early as 1891. In 1900, the company sold its patents for $20,000.

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