Thursday, March 01, 2007

Tahis Day in Auto History: 01 MARCH

Automobile Quarterly
Automobile Quarterly
This Day in Auto History:

3.1.1900
Monroe Jackson Rathbone of the Exxon Corporation is born in Parkersburg, WV
3.1.1907
Officials Nathan M. Kaufman, Daniel W. Kaufman, and C. H. Blomstrom of the DeLuxe Motor Car Company of Detroit, MI register its trademark for its marque, called The Car DeLuxe - the company legally dissolved in 1912, although production had ended in 1909 when its factory was taken over by Flanders
3.1.1923
Hudson Discontinues its 4-passenger Coupe
3.1.1932
The Dodge 1932-1934 “Ram” mascot is patented by designer Herbert V. Henderson
3.1.1937
Connecticut issues the first “permanent” automobile license plates updated annually with colored inserts

Source: Automobile History Day By Day, by Douglas A. Wick

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