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| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A nearly-completed automobile on the assembly line at Nash Motors in Kenosha. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the hotel on a street corner. Caption reads: "New Hotel Dayton, Kenosha, Wisc." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View up road towards the residence of L.S. Fowler. A man on the left is petting a dog that is sitting on some type of platform, and a woman is standing in ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A view across Kenosha harbor at the large Simmons Company factory building. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Tenth and Fifty-seventh Streets, with early houses, car and barn. |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Assembly line of the American Motors Company, formerly Nash Motors, in Kenosha. |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Thomas B. Jeffery's first Rambler automobile during a test for strength in Kenosha, Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Automobile Combination Chemical Engine and Hose Wagon. When the manufacturer, the Peter Pirsch Company of Kenosha, donated this image to the Historical So... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | International truck utilized by K*A*T Corporation for multi-automobile hauling. The truck is parked on a road with a river in the background. |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | International truck utilized by K*A*T Corporation for multi-automobile hauling. The driver is sitting behind the steering wheel looking out of the driver's... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | A man sits behind the steering wheel of an International truck utilized by K*A*T Corporation for multi-automobile hauling. |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Man driving International truck utilized by K*A*T Corporation for multi-automobile hauling. |
| Brief history of the automobile industry in Wisconsin. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| 1948 Ambassador sedan, manufactured by the Nash Motors Division of the Nash-Kelvinator Corporation, Kenosha, WI, 1947-1948. (Museum object #1992.156) |
| Learn about the strong influence Wisconsin held on the national automobile industry in the early-mid 20th Century. |
| Automobiles in Wisconsin History |
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| Read about the evolution of the automotive industry and the drastic changes in manufacturing work, road infrastructure, the economy and American culture. |
| A Collection of Photographs |
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| Photographs of Winther Motor company offer insight into early 20th century manufacturing. |
| Wisconsin and the Invention of the Car |
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| Discover how Wisconsin's influence on the automobile and tourist culture. |
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| Description: | Aerial photograph of the Port of Kenosha and factories, with snow on the ground. There are four ships along the shoreline, and multiple factories on either... |
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