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| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Arthur Pratt Warner, Wisconsin's first aviator, in front of the office of the Warner Instrument Company in Beloit. Warner, who held the patent for an autom... |
| Date: | 06 08 1928 |
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| Description: | Employee with a Toledo scale at the Fisher Body Co. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Highway Trailer plant at Edgerton. |
| Date: | 1987 |
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| Description: | Employees of the General Motors plant in head to work. |
| Date: | 1987 |
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| Description: | An automobile frame on the assembly line at the General Motors plant. |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Parking lot at the General Motors plant. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Original factory of the Highway Trailers Company in Edgerton. Beginning in 1909 the factory was the site of a wagon works, but in 1917 it made a rather ty... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Advertisement for the Samson nine-passenger automobile featuring a photograph of men and women sitting in the car. |
| Brief history of the General Motors plant in Janesville. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Warner "Auto-Meter," Model K-2, made by the Warner Instrument Company of Beloit, Wisconsin, c. 1906-1910. (Museum object #1989.81.1) |
| 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. |
| 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: | Colorized postcard view of the Chevrolet Motor Company headquarters and auto plant. Caption reads: "Chevrolet Motor Company, Janesville, Wis." |
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