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Four Wheel Drive Auto Factory in Clintonville
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Architectural rendering of a four wheel drive auto factory, with a smokestack billowing smoke. The four-wheel drive propulsion was invented by Otto Zachow and William Besserdich. Walter A. Olen was the lawyer who formed the company and sold stock in it starting in 1910. Text at bottom right reads: "W. W. DeLong, Arch't. Appleton, Wisc." Caption reads: "Four Wheel Drive Auto Factory. Clintonville, Wis."
1909
Nelson Photo
Publication Information
| Creator | Nelson Photo |
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| Date Created | 1909 |
Physical Description
| Format | Image |
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| Dimensions | 14 x 9 cm |
Collection Information
| Source Collection | Wisconsin place file, circa 1850s-circa 1950s |
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| Call Number | PF Clintonville.1 |
Copyright Information
| Copyright Status | NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES |
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| Rights Holder | Wisconsin Historical Society |
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Four Women in front of Factory
Four women workers standing in front of the Four Wheel Drive Factory.
Woman in front of Factory
A woman stands in front of the Four Wheel Drive Auto Company factory in Clintonville.
Women Workers at Four Wheel Drive
Women employees at Four Wheel Drive's Clintonville factory.
Four Women and Truck
1918
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 British armies during World War I. They h...
War Worker
1918
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 for women workers.
World War I Trucks
1918
Trucks of the Four Wheel Drive Company of Clintonville manufactured at the Kissel Motor Car Company plant in Hartford during World War I, thus uniting in one photograph two early Wisconsin automobi...
