Governor Foss Attends Auto Show on Military Night
Governor Foss joins staff for a bustling auto show with Dealers' Association praising strong crowds and a turning business tide. Veteran manufacturers forecast a regional boom as optimism and credit recovery drive a renewed economy. Managers highlight motor trucks, 37 makes shown, and market interest from business visitors and women buyers seeking quality, comfort, and safety features.
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Governor Foss
Dealers’ Association
Busi
Empire Exhibit Showcases Empire 90 and Empire 20 Cars
The Empire display in Forticul Hall basement space 214 draws crowds with the pure white Empire 90 roadster and the Empire 20 medium car. Both models offer interchangeable coupe and roadster bodies on one chassis, seating two, with a cold weather heating dome and electric lighting. The coupe is dubbed the little aristocrat of the road and highlights high grade construction and materials.
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Space 214
Forticultural Hall
Colonial Coupe Highlighted At Moon Company Exhibit
At Horticultural Hall the colonial coupe built on a Moon Company model 30 chassis draws attention. The Moon 45 motor gains a redesigned magneto and water pump driven at right angles to the crank shaft, replacing the old pump gear arrangement.
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Horticultural Hall
Moon Company
Selden
Auti Smith
Mass
Maxwell Cars for 1911 Show Economical Operation and Utility
The Maxwell Company designs a line of four chasses for 1911 focusing on upkeep cost and service. Models include open front touring, torpedo, surreys, runabouts, and torpedo roadsters with sliding gear transmissions and oil-clutch systems. All models use blue-black paint with cream wheels and feature advanced brakes, wheels, and tires for comfortable rides.
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Maxwell
Maxwell Company
Warren-Detroit Wolverine Makes Continent Trip at Auto Show
H M Doane of the Essex Automobile Company praises the Warren-Detroit Wolverine exhibit at Mechanics building Auto Show. A factory telegram reports the car’s arduous cross country journey to Kansas City amid muddy roads, minor fender damage, but overall first class condition and quiet motor.
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Boston
Haydon Eames
Garford Company
Hames
Mechanics’ Building
Horticultural Hall
H. M. Doane
Essex Automobile Company
Warren- Detroit
Mechanics Building
Warren-Detroit
Wolverine
Kansas City
Endurance Run to Test Reliance Motor Truck Suitability
J Fischer, manager of the Reliance Motor Truck Company, launches a 12 hour endurance run from 10 a m to 10 p m daily during the atre show. Using a 312 ton truck with a five ton load, the test will run a three year old road truck on display in the Mechanics building basement.
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J. Fischer
Reliance Motor Truck Company
Atre
Mechanics
Pais
C. F. Whitney
Boston
American Locomotive Company
Alco
New York City
Philadelphia
Boston auto show signals healthy turn in car trade
Fred Wagner and A R Pardington arrive from New York to inspect New England makers. Michelin Firestone Columbia Lubricants plan full circuit cars. Monogram Oil shows racing Hall of Fame. Officials highlight quality and service over low price amid expansions in Selden and Alco models.
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Fred Wagner
A. R. Pardington
Boston
New York
Eyland
Michelin Tire Company
Firestone Company
Columbia Lubricants Company
Pardington
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Columbus
Chicago
Detroit
Moline
Racine
Connersville
Indianapolis
Buffalo
Rochester
Syracuse
Jackson
George M. Perry
Rambler Industries
Chalmers Booth Attracts Visitors At Auto Show
The Chalmers booth features the educational display of the '30 in operation drawing sightseers, with the Glidden trophy as an added attraction. The exhibit showcases the Chalmers chassis and plans for a future trophy contest along a route from Washington to Ottawa via Baltimore Philadelphia New Jersey New York and the Hudson to Canada.
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Chalmers
Washington
Ottawa
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New Jersey
New York
Hudson River
Canada
Car for women Rambler model targets comfort and simplicity
The Rambler Company introduces a vehicle designed mainly for women emphasizing comfort and simple operation. Cc. P. Rockwell, head of the New Eng. division, outlines the focus and approach for meeting this demand.
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Rambler Company
Cc. P. Rockwell
Eng
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Warren
Essex Automobile Co
Columbus Ave
New England
Chevrolet
Burman
Oldfield
Robertson
Nipper
Matson
Basle
Harding
Harroun
A. C
Champion Ignition CO
Flint Mich
Matheson Cars
ROY A. Faye & CO
Boylston Street
Lory
Empire
Maxwell Cars
Reliance Co
Wagner
John A. Salman
Fr. I. Tone
American Motor Car Company
United States Tire Company
Hartford
Morgan & Wright Tire
J. D. Anderson
O. S. Tweedy
A. I. Philp
Joseph Weston
San Francisco
Bernard Ginsburg
Grabowsky Power Wagon Company
Gray & Davis
Space
Gray & Davis Trent
Amesbury
Alco Mama
Rambler Co
Ory Ee
American Automobile Association
Delphia
Jersey
Park SQ
Oxford
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