Nash Motors factory building exterior
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- 1952-05-23
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A view of Nash Motors Building 44 during steel frame construction, looking northeast from rooftop of Building 30-35 (Auto Store and Loading). This addition to Nash Motors main automobile manufacturing plant was part of a $5 million body plant expansion announced in 1950, which added 1000 jobs locally. Dated May 23, 1952. Vern E. Alden Company, Architects Engineers, and Permanent Construction, Contractors. Company photo no. 552167.
In 1916, Charles Nash opened Nash Motors Company, which became known for its Quad trucks. It was one of many Kenosha automobile producers. Decades later, Charles Nash handpicked George Mason, Kelvinator Corporation president, as his successor. Nash Motors Company, Inc. and the Kelvinator Corporation merged in 1937. Nash saw the merger as a means of pulling Mason into the company. In the Nash-Kelvinator Corporation Charles Nash became chairman, George Mason became president, and the headquarters moved to Detroit, Michigan. Automobiles and home appliances were produced by this corporation until 1954.
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Nash Motors Company () et al
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- University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
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- Business and industry
Homes and buildings
Automobile industry and trade
Factories
Transportation
Kenosha County (Wis.)
Kenosha (Wis.) - Type
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- Nash Motors Company () et al. Nash Motors factory building exterior. 1952-05-23. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/EXQWMCYO6PBLB8E. (Accessed April 18, 2024.)
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- Nash Motors Company () et al, (1952-05-23) Nash Motors factory building exterior. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/EXQWMCYO6PBLB8E
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- Nash Motors Company () et al. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/EXQWMCYO6PBLB8E>.