1920-1929

By 1922, Henry Ford’s Model T was losing sales to more upscale auto makers. In response, Ford boldly purchased the [...]

In the mid-1920s, General Motors was losing customers to rivals Chrysler, Packard, and Peerless. Those who wanted a car nicer [...]

Eddie Rickenbacker led a remarkable life. He started out as a famous race car driver, then became a flying [...]

From its beginnings in 1910, Franklin was an innovative automaker, especially well known for its trademark air-cooled engines. Franklin [...]

In the early twentieth century, Rolls Royce was generally considered to be the best car in the world. A huge [...]

This fire truck was put into service in New Portland, Maine, a community of about 800, in June of [...]

The Brewster Company began in 1810 as a producer of high-quality horse-drawn carriages for wealthy clients. They made their first auto body in 1896, and continued building car bodies for American and imported European chassis until the outbreak of World War I in Europe. With their supply of chassis threatened, Brewster turned to making their own complete automobiles.

While the Auto Red Bug looks like a go-cart, it was conceived as a simple, low-cost automobile. It combined [...]