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The Crawford Automobile Company was an American
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manufacturing company based in
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which produced cars from 1905 to 1923. After the Crawford Automobile Company was purchased by the M. P. Moller Pipe Organ Co., they produced a sporting version of the Crawford called the Dagmar (in production until 1927). Crawfords were chain-driven until 1907, and the 1911–1914 models featured
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s. Later cars featured brass trim, disc-covered wooden
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s, and
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six-cylinder engines.


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Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States American companies established in 1905 1905 establishments in Maryland American companies disestablished in 1923 Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1905 Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1923 Defunct manufacturing companies based in Maryland 1900s cars 1910s cars 1920s cars {{Brass-auto-stub