1980 Checker Catalog, "Some Straight Talk About Taxicabs"

Summary

Checker Motors Corporation of Kalamazoo, Michigan, promoted its products with this "Straight Talk" brochure. The company praised the look, safety, and economy that its taxicabs gave to potential buyers. Checker Motors Corporation was a leading taxicab manufacturer from 1922 to 1982.

Checker Motors Corporation of Kalamazoo, Michigan, promoted its products with this "Straight Talk" brochure. The company praised the look, safety, and economy that its taxicabs gave to potential buyers. Checker Motors Corporation was a leading taxicab manufacturer from 1922 to 1982.

Artifact

Trade catalog

Subject Date

1980

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

89.235.2

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Lithography

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)
Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 11 in

Width: 16.938 in

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