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- Brochure, "Rent a Fine Car, Drive It Yourself, Hertz," 1932 - Using a dozen Model T Fords, 22-year-old entrepreneur Walter L. Jacobs started his now-global car rental car operation in Chicago in 1918. In 1923, he sold the business to John D. Hertz, president of a cab company, who renamed it the Hertz Driv-Ur-Self System. In 1932, Hertz opened the first airport rent-a-car facility in the country at Chicago's Midway airport.
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Brochure, "Rent a Fine Car, Drive It Yourself, Hertz," 1932
Using a dozen Model T Fords, 22-year-old entrepreneur Walter L. Jacobs started his now-global car rental car operation in Chicago in 1918. In 1923, he sold the business to John D. Hertz, president of a cab company, who renamed it the Hertz Driv-Ur-Self System. In 1932, Hertz opened the first airport rent-a-car facility in the country at Chicago's Midway airport.