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Photograph

War Worker

Date: 1918
Description: An unidentified woman who worked at the Four Wheel Drive factory in Clintonville assembling trucks during World War I. She is wearing a special uniform fo...
Photograph

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 ...
Photograph

Four Women and Truck

Date: 1918
Description: Pictured here are four of the women who joined the work force at the Four Wheel Drive Company in Clintonville in order to build trucks for the American and...
Postcard

Four Wheel Drive Doing Its Bit

Date: 1918
Description: Postcard with two photographs of four wheel drive (F.W.D.) trucks, which were manufactured in Clintonville, Wisconsin. They are carrying supplies and troop...
Postcard

Four Wheel Drive

Date: 1914
Description: Slightly elevated view of the United States Military surveying four wheel drive (FWD) trucks, manufactured in Clintonvlle, carrying supply boxes. Caption r...
Historical Essay

Four-Wheel Drive Auto Company

Brief history of the Four-Wheel Drive Auto Company.
Historical Essay

Automobile Culture

Wisconsin and the Invention of the Car
Discover how Wisconsin's influence on the automobile and tourist culture.
Historical Essay

Horses to Horsepower - Image Gallery Essay

Automobiles in Wisconsin History
Read about the evolution of the automotive industry and the drastic changes in manufacturing work, road infrastructure, the economy and American culture.

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