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Jung's General Store

Date: 1958
Description: Exterior of Jung's General Store/Gas Station/Barber Shop. The station's sign advertises Sinclair brand gas.
Photograph

Jung's General Store

Date: 1958
Description: Exterior of Jung's General Store/Gas Station/Barber Shop.
Postcard

Four Wheel Drive Auto Factory in Clintonville

Date: 1909
Description: Architectural rendering of a four wheel drive auto factory, with a smokestack billowing smoke. The four-wheel drive propulsion was invented by Otto Zachow ...
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 ...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Four Wheel Drive Historic Marker

Date: 10 15 1960
Description: Walter A. Olen, former president of the FWD (four wheel drive) Corporation and curator of the FWD Foundation museum, unveiled the Four Wheel Drive historic...
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.
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...
Historical Essay

Letterheads - Image Gallery Essay

Promotions on Paper, 1850s-1975
Custom-designed letterheads were a universal way of proclaiming who you were. Historical letterheads are prime examples of early branding.

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