Catalogs of Michigan-based motor truck companies 1900-1946 and undated

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Catalogs of Michigan-based motor truck companies 1900-1946 and undated

Collected material on motor trucks, carriages, and wagons produced by Michigan firms primarily between the years 1900 and 1935'

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Bentley Historical Library

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Bentley Historical Library

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The Bentley Historical Library as a repository of Michigan-based materials has accumulated from different sources a collection of motor truck catalogs. These catalogs are an important source for the study of the development of the truck manufacturing industry in Michigan. From the guide to the Catalogs of Michigan-based motor truck companies, 1900-1946 and undated, (Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan) The Bentley Historical Library early in its history began ...

General motors corporation

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Packard motor car company

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The Packard Twin-Six was manufactured and sold in 1915. Joy made a trip in the spring of 1915 and Waldron made several trips afterwards, maybe as early as the fall of 1915, when Waldon was the General Manager of Packard. Henry B. Joy was born on Nov. 23, 1864, the son of James F. and Mary (Bourne) Joy. After graduating from Phillip's Academy (Andover, Mass.), Sheffield Scientific School, and Yale University, he began life as an office boy with the Pennisular Car Co., working his way up to clerk,...

J.L. Clark Manufacturing Co.

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Martin-Parry Corporation.

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Chevrolet Motor Car Company.

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Geneva Wagon Company

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Metropolitan Body Company

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Rapid Motor Vehicle Company

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Graham Brothers

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Ford motor company

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When Ford Motor Company was founded in 1903, Alexander Y. Malcolmson was elected the Company's first treasurer, but his assistant James Couzens actually managed financial functions. People holding the position of Ford Motor Company treasurer from 1903 to 1955 included Alexander Y. Malcolmson, 1903-1906; James J. Couzens, 1906-1915; Frank L. Klingensmith, 1915-1921; Edsel B Ford, 1921-1943; B. J. Craig, 1943-1946; and L. E. Briggs, 1946-1955. In 1903, the business office was in a small building o...

Dodge Brothers

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Hudson Motor Car Company

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Electric Truck Company

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Holson Motor Patents Company

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Chrysler corporation

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On Jan. 4, 1980, the Chrysler Corp. permanently closed its Hamtramck Assembly Plant, commonly called "Dodge Main", marking the end of nearly 70 years of continuous manufacturing operations at the facility. John Frances and Horace Elgin Dodge were pioneers in the automobile industry, beginning with a machine shop to supply auto plants with parts, working with both Ransom E. Olds and Henry Ford, and eventually building a new plant on a 30 acre site in Hamtramck in 1910. Wanting to build their own ...

Durant Motors, Inc.

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Reliance Motor Truck Company

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Motor Wagon Company

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Fargo Motor Corporation

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General Motors Truck Company

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Federal Motor Truck Company

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Reo Motor Car Company

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International Harvester company

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Grabowsky Power Wagon Company.

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