Historic Documents of the Automobile Industry

Historic Documents of the Automobile Industry
The Essential Primary Sources
Author(s): Rees Jonathan
Publication Date: 01 April, 2026  Available in all formats
ISBN: 9781968349097
Pages: 200

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Table of contents
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Contents
  • Reader’s Guide
  • The U.S. Automobile Industry: Historical Overview
  • Baron de Zuylen: “Dinner of the Automobile Club of London”
  • City of Chicago: “Certificate of Examination for the Operation of an Automobile”
  • Oldsmobile: “1903 Oldsmobile: The Car with a Record”
  • Matheson Motor Company: “The Matheson Touring Car”
  • White Steam Touring Car: “To Start the Engine”
  • Packard: Advertisement for the 1904 Packard Model L
  • Oldsmobile: “Makes Everyone Your Neighbor”
  • Duryea: “One Hand Controls the Duryea”
  • Ford Motor Company: “Ford Motor Cars: The Good Car for Bad Roads”
  • Ford Motor Company: “Eleven to Seven”
  • Ford Motor Company: “Ford Model T One Ton Truck”
  • Henry Ford and Samuel Crowther: “Getting into Production”
  • Harold L. Arnold: “Drive Your Own Car in California”
  • West Side YMCA, New York City: “Automobile Instruction for Men and Women”
  • General Motors: “A Car for Every Purse and Purpose”
  • General Motors: “The New Cadillac”
  • Dwight Eisenhower: Message to Congress about the Interstate Highway Act
  • Interstate Highway Act
  • Ford Motor Company: “New Ford Seat Belts, an Important Feature of Ford Lifeguard Design”
  • Ford Motor Company: “Informational Brochure for 1962 Ford Mustang—Experimental Sports Car”
  • Alfred P. Sloan, Jr.: My Years With General Motors
  • Chevrolet: “Chevrolet Campers and Recreational Vehicles”
  • Volkswagen: “We Don’t Have to Start from Scratch Each Year”
  • Toyota: “Toyota Corona Advertisement”
  • Honda: “Think of It as a Supermarket That Gets 42 Miles per Gallon”
  • AMC: “Why Drive a Car When You Can Drive a Jeep?”
  • General Motors: “What Makes Saturn Cars So Darned Popular?”
  • Elon Musk: “Autopilot 2.0 Conference Call”
  • Donald Trump: “Adjusting Imports of Automobiles and Automobile Parts into the United States”
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