Checker Cabs--"Thirty Years of Continuous Taxicab Development," circa 1952
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Checker Cab Manufacturing Corporation, the self-proclaimed "Builders of America's Finest Taxicabs," produced cabs in Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1922 to 1982. This image celebrates taxicab models built during the company's first 30 years in business. Checker's spacious, purpose-built cabs offered convenient point-to-point transportation to paying customers around the country.
Checker Cab Manufacturing Corporation, the self-proclaimed "Builders of America's Finest Taxicabs," produced cabs in Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1922 to 1982. This image celebrates taxicab models built during the company's first 30 years in business. Checker's spacious, purpose-built cabs offered convenient point-to-point transportation to paying customers around the country.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1922-1952
Creators
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
92.1.1774.620
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: 8.063 in
Width: 9.938 in
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