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Removed absurd and anachronistic idiocy. There was a Dagmar hotel in Hagerstown, and it was probably related to that in some way (family name?). Obviously no-one was a television star in 1922.
 
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[[Image:Crawford Automobile Company, Hagerstown MD, Dagmar radiator emblem.png|thumb|right|200px|The radiator emblem from a Crawford Dagmar]]
[[Image:Crawford Automobile Company, Hagerstown MD, Dagmar radiator emblem.png|thumb|right|200px|The radiator emblem from a Crawford Dagmar]]
The '''Dagmar''' was a sports version of the [[Crawford Automobile]], made in [[Hagerstown, Maryland|Hagerstown]], [[Maryland]] from 1922 to 1927 by the Crawford Automobile Company following their purchase by the [[M. P. Moller|M. P. Moller Pipe Organ Co.]] Several hundred Dagmars were produced.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the World's Automobiles|last=Wise|first=David Burgess|publisher=Chartwell Books|year=1979|location=Secausus, NJ|pages=138}}</ref>
The '''Dagmar''' was a sports version of the [[Crawford Automobile]], made in [[Hagerstown, Maryland|Hagerstown]], [[Maryland]] from 1922 to 1927 by the Crawford Automobile Company following their purchase by the [[M. P. Moller|M. P. Moller Pipe Organ Co.]] Several hundred Dagmars were produced.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the World's Automobiles|last=Wise|first=David Burgess|publisher=Chartwell Books|year=1979|location=Secausus, NJ|pages=138}}</ref>

The Dagmar was considered one of the sportiest-looking cars of its day, featuring disc-covered [[Artillery wheel|artillery wheels]], brass trim, and straight 'military' wings. They were usually painted in pastels. Two sizes of cars were produced, using six-cylinder engines produced by either [[Continental Motors Company|Continental]] or [[Lycoming Engines|Lycoming]]. The make later served as a base model for the Standish automobile and the Luxor taxicab.<ref name=":0" />
The Dagmar was considered one of the sportiest-looking cars of its day, featuring disc-covered [[Artillery wheel|artillery wheels]], brass trim, and straight 'military' wings. They were usually painted in pastels. Two sizes of cars were produced, using six-cylinder engines produced by either [[Continental Motors Company|Continental]] or [[Lycoming Engines|Lycoming]]. The make later served as a base model for the Standish automobile and the Luxor taxicab.<ref name=":0" />



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1923 Dagmar
The radiator emblem from a Crawford Dagmar

The Dagmar was a sports version of the Crawford Automobile, made in Hagerstown, Maryland from 1922 to 1927 by the Crawford Automobile Company following their purchase by the M. P. Moller Pipe Organ Co. Several hundred Dagmars were produced.[1] The Dagmar was considered one of the sportiest-looking cars of its day, featuring disc-covered artillery wheels, brass trim, and straight 'military' wings. They were usually painted in pastels. Two sizes of cars were produced, using six-cylinder engines produced by either Continental or Lycoming. The make later served as a base model for the Standish automobile and the Luxor taxicab.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Wise, David Burgess (1979). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the World's Automobiles. Secausus, NJ: Chartwell Books. p. 138.