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Female Auto Workers

Date: 1918
Description: Women working on the automobile assembly line at Nash Motors (later American Motors) during World War I.
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Van Drisse Motors

Date: 07 09 1960
Description: Elevated view of used car lot of Van Drisse Motors, a Ford dealer, at the intersection of Main and Monroe Streets.
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Chassis Assembly

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Description: General Motors chassis assembly. Men are working among the machinery.
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Nash Motors Assembly Line

Date: 1935
Description: A nearly-completed automobile on the assembly line at Nash Motors in Kenosha.
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Skilled Hands at Work

Date: 01 27 1968
Description: Woman working on a wire harness for the lunar module section of an Apollo spacecraft at the AC Electronics division of General Motors Corp. plant.
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Automobile Body Assembly

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Description: Auto workers attach fenders to a new car in the factory.
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Highway Trailer

Date: 1948
Description: Twin refrigerated trailers, "coldmobiles," manufactured by the Highway Trailer Co. of Edgerton.
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Nash Quad

Date: 1918
Description: The standard U.S. Ordnance Department ammunition body manufactured by Nash Motors, the so-called "Nash Quad."
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War Departmental Trial

Date: 1918
Description: Captain Alexander E. Williams of the War Department testing the experimental truck that the Four Wheel Drive Company hoped to manufacture for the army. In ...
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Stoughton Truck

Date: 1920
Description: Closed truck manufactured by the Stoughton Wagon Company. This company's beginning as a manufacturer of wagons was a common origin for automobile manufact...
Postcard

Restored Mitchell

Date: 1903
Description: A restored early Mitchell originally manufactured in Racine. The color postcard was an advertisement of the Moore Oil Company of Milwaukee. The Mitchell Co...
Photograph

Fifty Kissel Taxis

Date: 08 07 1929
Description: A line of fifty "Bradford Cabs" manufactured by the Kissel Motor Car Company of Hartford, Wisconsin. Caption reads: "'Bradford Cabs' built by the Kissel Mo...
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Wisconsin's First Coupe

Date: 1905
Description: Automobile alleged to be the first coupe built in Wisconsin. The vehicle was built by Gus Wilkie of Sheboygan from the body of a carriage and the chassis f...
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King Kong Car

Date: 10 30 1984
Description: A five-story tall inflatable gorilla attracted potential buyers to a special sale at the Uptown Lincoln-Mercury dealership in Wauwatosa. Although the pres...
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Mayville Buick Dealer

Date: 11 12 1981
Description: The Crescent Garage. Although the photograph dates from 1981, the curb-side gas pumps are a throwback to the early days of gas stations. The Crescent Garag...
Photograph

Enola the Welder

Date: 02 1943
Description: Enola O'Connell, the only woman welder at the Heil Company during World War II, working on gasoline trailer tanks. A 32-year-old widow and the mother of o...
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Mitchell Model S

Date: 1911
Description: Advertisement for the Mitchell Model S, a seven passenger vehicle, manufactured in Racine.
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Wisconsin "Badger"

Date: 1923
Description: In 1922 the Wisconsin Truck Company purchased the Wisconsin Farm Tractor Company of Sauk City, which had formerly manufactured trucks as well as wagons, mo...
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Four Wheel Drive Special

Date: 1932
Description: The Miller Engine-Four Wheel Drive Special and executives of the Four Wheel Drive Company of Clintonville at the Indianapolis Speedway in 1932. FWD person...
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Women Employed by The Nash Motor Company

Date: 1918
Description: View across street towards a large group of women at the Nash Motor Company building. A few people are looking out from open windows in the building. Capti...

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