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Allis-Chalmers Company

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Description: Plate Steel Spiral Casing for 70,000 horse-power Niagara Falls hydraulic turbine unit at the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company erecting shop. The castin...
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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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Automobile Body Assembly

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Description: Auto workers attach fenders to a new car in the factory.
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Delavan Chevy Dealership

Date: 1927
Description: Exterior view of the Chevrolet dealership in Delavan in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Hall. During the 1860s and 1870s the building was known as the...
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Jeffery Car

Date: 1915
Description: A 1915 Jeffery, with a special body made by the W.S. Seaman Company parked in front of the company's Milwaukee plant. The Seaman company manufactured bodi...
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GM Assembly Line

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Description: Assembly line workers at the General Motors plant.
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GM Automobile Frame in Factory

Date: 1987
Description: An automobile frame on the assembly line at the General Motors plant.
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American Motors Assembly Line

Date: 1965
Description: Assembly line of the American Motors Company, formerly Nash Motors, in Kenosha.
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General Motors Parking Lot

Date: 1960
Description: Parking lot at the General Motors plant.
Print

Kissel Ad

Date: 1928
Description: Advertisement from "Motor Age" magazine for the new White Eagle Speedster manufactured by the Kissel Motor Car Company of Hartford, Wisconsin. With 115 ho...
Book or Pamphlet

Nash Six Sport Model

Date: 1923
Description: A page from a Nash Motors Company catalog, showing a six-cylinder, four-passenger sport sedan which was available in deep maroon with a khaki-color mohair ...
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Thomas B. Jeffery

Date: 1897
Description: Thomas B. Jeffery, founder of the Thomas B. Jeffery Company of Kenosha in 1902. Before that Jeffery produced several experimental automobiles, including th...
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...
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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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Mitchell Model S

Date: 1911
Description: Advertisement for the Mitchell Model S, a seven passenger vehicle, manufactured in Racine.
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Early Fire Truck

Date: 1910
Description: Automobile Combination Chemical Engine and Hose Wagon. When the manufacturer, the Peter Pirsch Company of Kenosha, donated this image to the Historical So...
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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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Berkeley Machine Works Incorporated

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Description: Ford touring car altered and fitted with flanged wheels to run on track at Berkeley Machine Works Inc. The plate on the side of the car reads: "Motor Cars ...

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