Model A-6 Checker Taxicab, 1952
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Checker Motors Corporation produced cabs in Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1922 until 1982. Its 1952 offering was the Model A-6, pictured here. Checker's purpose-built taxicabs were spacious, with accommodating back seats and big trunks for lots of luggage. They offered convenient point-to-point transportation -- whether between transit systems or simply around town -- to paying customers around the country.
Checker Motors Corporation produced cabs in Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1922 until 1982. Its 1952 offering was the Model A-6, pictured here. Checker's purpose-built taxicabs were spacious, with accommodating back seats and big trunks for lots of luggage. They offered convenient point-to-point transportation -- whether between transit systems or simply around town -- to paying customers around the country.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1952
Creators
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
92.1.1774.619
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Family of Henry Austin Clark, Jr.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 9.938 in
Inscriptions
Label, lower right: Model A-6 1952
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