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Box 1

 Container

Contains 17 Results:

Biographical & research data

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 0.5
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Included in this series are the research articles, correspondence, trade literature, and other paper based ephemera, including some trade literature graphics.

Dates: 1902-1989

Correspondence between George Ferris and Austin owners, 1971-1989.

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Included in this series are the research articles, correspondence, trade literature, and other paper based ephemera, including some trade literature graphics.

Dates: 1902-1989

Automobile manufacturers of Grand Rapids, n.d. Author unknown. Old photocopy.

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Included in this series are the research articles, correspondence, trade literature, and other paper based ephemera, including some trade literature graphics.

Dates: 1902-1989

Austin catalog and advertising, ca. 1914. Has “Austin, the Highway King” catalog.

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Included in this series are the research articles, correspondence, trade literature, and other paper based ephemera, including some trade literature graphics.

Dates: 1902-1989

Austin catalog and specifications, ca. 1916.

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Abstract

Accompanied by a partial flyer in poor condition with evidence of mold. Has a photographic image of people seated in an Austin, superimposed over a landscape (original watercolor in black & white?). The Austin logo is top left on the cover, with a chunk of the publication missing. Includes specifications. 1 sheet folded.

Dates: 1902-1989

CD of Somers family presentation and unidentified movie clips

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents

PowerPoint presentation (Microsoft XP generation) relating the story of the Somers owned Austin, its acquisition and its restoration and unidentified movie clips. This material has been digitized. See Grand Rapids History Center staff. 2005.053

Dates: 1902-1989

Austin "Two-Speed" axle.

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents

Diagram, Patented Mar. 31, 1914. No. 1090618. Verso note “1917.”

Dates: 1902-1989