The American Automobile Timeline 1899-1970
The American Automobile 1899-1970
Multimedial Historical Collection
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1919-1922
During this year Oregon puts the first tax on gasoline.
1919 Jan. 1: Edsel Ford succeeds Henry Ford as Company President.
In 1919 General Motors acquires 60% interest in Fisher Body Company.
General Motors Acceptance Corporation is established to finance the sale of General Motors cars and trucks.
Construction of the General Motors Building in Detroit begins.
The predecessor of General Motors Institute of Technology opens at Flint as part-time training school.
The Guardian Frigerator Company changes its name to Frigidaire Corporation. General Motors Corporation purchases all of the outstanding stock of the Frigidaire Co on May 31, 1919.
Also in 1919 General Motors purchases Dayton Wright Company, an early airplane manufacturer. In 1929, its assets will be sold to Fokker Aircraft Corporation.
Since 1919 all General Motors employees in the US are made eligible to participate in the GM Savings and Investment Plan (predecessor to the Savings-Stock Purchase Program, established in 1955).
Employees contributions of up to $300 per year are matched by a GM contribution of $.50 for every dollar that employees invest in the plan. The plan will be discontinued in 1935.
In 1919 Morris Eckhart sells control of interest of the Auburn Automobile Company to Chicago investors.
The Auburn 6-39R Beauty-Six Roadster is produced during the same year.
In 1919, in addition to his responsibilities at Buick, Walter Chrysler becomes General Motors first Vice President in charge of manufacturing.
1920: Total vehicle production in the United States: 2,227,000. Total vehicle registration: 9,239,161.
Top speed for new cars is 40 mph; gasoline fuel efficiency is 20 miles per gallon.
In 1920 General Motors Research Corporation, predecessor of GM Research Laboratories, is established.
GM Export's first Far Eastern branch office opens in Manila (moved to Shanghai in 1922).
This year Durant resigns as President of General Motors and Pierre S. Du Pont, then Chairman of the Board, is named President.
For 1920 Buick production numbers 115,176, the highed priced of which sold for $2,700.
Sedans and coupes are becoming popular, yet the open cars are still king.
In 1920 Tommy Milton's Duesenberg sets the one mile record in 23.07 seconds at 156 mph.
Financially independent at age 45, Walter Chrysler retires from General Motors in 1920. But, within a year he is wooed out of retirement to become Executive Vice President of Willys-Overland, which is in financial trouble. He is later hired to aid the ailing Maxwell Motor Car Company, Inc.
1921: The Pig Stand, often called the first drive-in restaurant, is opened in Dallas.
In 1921 the Clark Street Cadillac factory begins production. At the time, it is the most modern plant in the industry. It will remains in production until 1987.
Also in 1921 Pierre Du Pont issues GM's first "Message to Shareholders."
In the same year GM decides to proceed with commercial application of Kettering's "copper-cooled" engine, intended to replace the traditional piston engine. The initial target is to put the copper-cooled engine in all of Chevrolet Division's cars. The program will be officially ended in 1923, with a total of fewer than 800 copper-cooled engines ever being produced and only 300 sold to dealers, all of which are recalled by GM.
1921 marks Buick's change from letter to numeral denotation with the new series 21. In the same year, second cowls, located at the back of the front seat, disappears on Buick tourings.
In 1921 Walter Chrysler is named Chairman of Maxwell Motor Car's Reorganization and Management Committee and revitalizes the Company with the development of the Chrysler Six, America's first medium-priced highn styled automobile. By January 1924, Maxwell Motor Car will set an industry sales record when sales of the Chrysler Six will reach 32,000 units.
1922: George Frost invents the first car radio.
Valve covers debuts on all Buick engines for the first time in 1922. This year's Buick Sport Roadster and Buick Sport Touring are identified by their rectangular rear windows while all others bear oval rear windows.
The first suburban shopping mall opened outside St. Louis (Country Club Plaza).
During these years, with an advanced all-steel body, the new Essex brand quickly establishes itself, despite the 1919-20 recession.
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1919-20ChandlerPrintedAds.mov
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Slideshow of Chandler Auto Ads from 1919/1920.
1919-22Fords-Slideshow.mov
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Slideshow of Ford cars from 1919/1922.
1919-22FordsEpocaSlide.mov
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Slideshow of Ford cars in epoca images from 1919/1922.
1919traffic-scenes55661.mov
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Producer: unknown
Traffic shots. The streets of 1919.
1919_12_15_ADaysPleasure.mpg
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A Day's Pleasure (1919)
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Father takes his family for a drive in their falling-apart Model T Ford but gets in trouble in traffic!
1919unknown-concept-steamer.mov
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An unknown prototype of a steamer car.
1919WinterHavenFl-VR.mov
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Virtual Reality image of Winterhaven, Fl in 1919.
1919WoodrowWilsonsLastDays.mov
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Historical footage of President Wilson and his cars and some sequences about the Prohibition Act.
1920-22USAtTheEndOfWWl.mov
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Historical footage of the US at the end of WWl.
1920DodgeBsBrochure.mov
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Slideshow of the pages of a 1920 Dodge brochure.
1920experiment-b.mov
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An unidentified experimental rocket car filmed in 1920.
1920remote-controlled-car.mov
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A 3-weeled vehicle drives on a city street, apparently radio-controlled from an automobile that follows with 2 big front-rear antennas.
1921ChevroletBrochure.mov
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Slideshow of the pages of a 1921 Chevrolet brochure.
1921TampaFl-VR-02.mov
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Virtual Reality image of Tampa, Fl in 1921.
1921TarponSpringsFl-VR.mov
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Virtual Reality image of Tarpon Springs, Fl in 1921.
1921TheBoat.mpeg
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The Boat (1921)
Director: Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline
Producer: Joseph M. Schenck
Production Company: First National Attraction
Infos about this movie are available on its IMDB page.
1922a-day-with-thomas-edison1.mpg
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A Day with Thomas Edison (1922)
Producer: Bray Productions Inc.
Sponsored: General Electric Co.
Author: H. Schroeder
A day with Thomas Edison (and his car "flivver"), litterally from dawn to sunset.
1922a-day-with-thomas-edison2.mpg
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A Day with Thomas Edison (1922)
Producer: Bray Productions Inc.
Sponsored: General Electric Co.
Author: H. Schroeder
A day with Thomas Edison (and his car "flivver"), litterally from dawn to sunset.
1922a-day-with-thomas-edison3.mpg
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A Day with Thomas Edison (1922)
Producer: Bray Productions Inc.
Sponsored: General Electric Co.
Author: H. Schroeder
A day with Thomas Edison (and his car "flivver"), litterally from dawn to sunset.
1922a-day-with-thomas-edison4.mpg
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A Day with Thomas Edison (1922)
Producer: Bray Productions Inc.
Sponsored: General Electric Co.
Author: H. Schroeder
A day with Thomas Edison (and his car "flivver"), litterally from dawn to sunset.
1922a-day-with-thomas-edison5.mpg
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A Day with Thomas Edison (1922)
Producer: Bray Productions Inc.
Sponsored: General Electric Co.
Author: H. Schroeder
A day with Thomas Edison (and his car "flivver"), litterally from dawn to sunset.
1922a-day-with-thomas-edison6.mpg
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Run Time: 00:03:35 Audio/Visual: silent, B&W Quality: # # # #
A Day with Thomas Edison (1922)
Producer: Bray Productions Inc.
Sponsored: General Electric Co.
Author: H. Schroeder
A day with Thomas Edison (and his car "flivver"), litterally from dawn to sunset.
1922ChevroletBrochure.mov
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Run Time: 00:02:07 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # #
Producer: Romano-Archives
Slideshow of the pages of a 1922 Chevrolet brochure.
1922JackieInSwitzerland.mov
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Producer: unknown
Little boy actor Jackie Koogan visits Switzerland on board of a confortable limo.
1922RocketCarExplEngine.mov
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A rocket powered automobile begins to run on a race track, but somethimg seems to get wrong...
1962Ford-MirrorOfAmerica2.mpg
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Henry Ford's Mirror of America (1962)
Infos about this movie are available on its IMDB page.
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