Automobiles in Indiana
SP 2
1906-1965
2 Folders

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Processed by: Amy C. Belcher, 2004

Informational Note:

Indiana has a rich automobile history. In 1909, Indiana produced the second largest number of automobiles in the country; only Michigan was ahead of the Hoosier State. Indiana car companies mainly chose to refrain from mass production techniques for producing the vehicles. Instead they focused on the “craftsman” method, where they put the cars together one piece at a time. They made cars that were of a very high quality but that tended to be more expensive than the mass-produced vehicles. Hoosier auto production declined with the economic factors of the 1920s and 1930s. Studebaker, the major exception to this decline, continued Indiana production of automobiles until 1963.

Scope and Content Note:

This collection contains photographs of cars and advertisements for the Indiana automobile industry. There are some early clippings and photographs of the height of Indiana manufacturing. There are also some pictures taken in the 1960s that are of early Indiana Cars. The collection also includes some pamphlets and advertisement clippings.

Folder Listing

Folder 1.

Ca.1906-1909	Albany Automobile Company storefront, Albany, Indiana
Ca.1908-1909	Riber-Lewis, begun in Muncie, Indiana and moved to Anderson, Indiana, Photograph of pamphlet
1909	The Marmon by the Nordyke & Marmon Company, Indianapolis, Indiana- advertisement, clipping
1911, May 4	Motor World, Photograph of clipping, Great Western test car pulling four freight cars
1911	Elkhart Motor Car Company- photograph of an advertisement for the company and their Sterling car
1912	Lambert Commercial Vehicles- photograph of book page
1913, June 18	The Brown Commercial Car Company, Peru, Indiana- photograph of advertisement
1913	Elkhart, Indiana- photograph of advertisement for the Royal Motor Company in Elkhart, Indiana
1913	Pratt Cars by Elkhart Carriage & Harness Mfg. Company in Elkhart, Indiana- advertisement, clipping
1913	Advertisement Clippings, Nyberg Six, Nyberg Automobile Works, Anderson, Indiana; W.H. McIntyre Co., Auburn, Indiana; Henderson Motor Car Co., Indianapolis, Indiana; The Empire Automobile Company, Indianapolis, Indiana
1913	The Marathon, Herff-Brooks Corporation, Indianapolis, Indiana photograph of advertisement
1913	Marion, Marion Motor Car Company, Indianapolis, Indiana- photograph of advertisement
1914 & 1915	Real Cycle Car Plant, H. Paul Prigg Co., Converse, Indiana, three photographs of construction and then completion of the plant building
1916	Sun Motor Car Co., Elkhart, Indiana- photograph of advertisement
1916	Pathfinder, Indianapolis, Indiana, Ezra Meeker completed the same trip he had done in a covered wagon in this modified vehicle
1916	Madison Models from the Madison Motors Corporation, Anderson, Indiana- photograph of advertisement
1917, Apr. 12	Photograph of advertisement in Motor Age for the Crow-Elkhart Multi-Powered Car, Crow-Elkhart Motor Company, Elkhart, Indiana
1917	Service Motor Truck Co., Wabash, Indiana
1917	Davis Catalog, 1917, Chassis Model Six H, Six I and Six K
1918	Advertisement of the Lexington Series “R,” four-passenger, Sportour, Lexington Motor Company, Manufacturers, Connersville, Indiana, clipping
1919, July 31	The Huffman Truck, by the Huffman Brothers Motor Company, Elkhart, Indiana- photograph of advertisement in Motor Age
1919	Pilot, “The Car Ahead” by the Pilot Motor Car Company, Richmond, Indiana- advertisement, clipping
1920, Jan.	Service Motor Truck Co. Monthly Magazine, Wabash, Indiana- photograph of clipping
1920, May 11	Stutz Plant, Indianapolis, Indiana
1920, Sept. 24	H.C.S. Plant on North Capitol
1920	Rodefeld Truck, Richmond, Indiana
1921, May 17	National Motor Care & Vehicle Corporation, 22^nd and Yandes
1921-1922	Sheridan, four-cylinder, five-passenger touring car, (GMC) Muncie, Indiana- photograph of advertisement
1922, July 11	McFarlan, Connersville, Indiana
1929	Duesenberg Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana- photograph of F.S. Duesenberg and E.L. Cord(?)
1929	Duesenberg Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana- photograph of advertisement for convertible roadster
1929	Elcar-120, five-passenger, Princess Sedan, Elcar Motor Company, Elkhart, Indiana- advertisement
1936	Stutz Pak·Age·Car

Folder 2.

1951	Pamphlet for Crosley Motors, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio
1963, Mar. 1	Indiana Built Auto Emblems- photograph of display
1963, Sept. 14	Avanti, Sports-themed, four-seater by Studebaker
1964, Oct. 19	Reproduction of photograph of the Buckeye Manufacturing Co., Anderson, Indiana- The Lambert Friction Drive-Automobiles and Trucks
1964, Oct.	1918 Haynes Cloverleaf Roadster, W.S. Huffman, Ellen Huffman , David Huffman and Phil Huffman
1964, Oct.	1923 Haynes
1965, Sept.	1911 Izzer
n.d.	1911, Lohr Touring Car by the Elmer Motor Car Co.
n.d.	Bush, J.C. Andrews, Rhiniebeck, N. Y.
n.d.	Indiana Truck Corporation, Marion, Indiana- photograph of advertisement
n.d.	Plant of the Former Haynes Automobile Company, Kokomo, Indiana- postcard style photo
n.d.	Aerial photograph of the Studebaker Corporation in South Bend, Indiana
n.d.	The Red Bug, manufactured by the American Motor Vehicle Co., Lafayette, Indiana
n.d.	Pamphlet for The Bryan Light Steam Tractor, Bryan Harvester Company, Peru, Indiana
n.d.	The First Quarter Century of Automobiles, 1893-1918- photographs of two magazine pages
n.d.	Bryan Steamer, Peru, Indiana
n.d.	Briggs Bulletin, Vol. 2, No. 15, Briggs Magneto Company, Elkhart, Indiana
n.d.	1920 Kenworthy Touring Car in Harrah’s Auto Collection
n.d.	Wallace S. Huffman, Collector of Radiator Emblems, Hub Caps and Literature (on cars), postcard-style photograph
n.d.	Wallace S. Huffman, Collector of Radiator Emblems, Hub Caps and Literature (on cars), postcard-style photograph
n.d.	1910 Kirsch, Manufactured by Peter Kirsch, Decatur, Indiana
n.d.	Black Touring Car with red interior and red wheel hubs

Collection Information:

Size of Collection:	2 folders
Collection Dates:	1906-1965
Provenance:	Unknown
Restrictions:	None
Reproduction Rights:	Permission to reproduce, exhibit, or publish material in this collection must be obtained from the Manuscript Section, Indiana State Library.
Alternate formats:	None
Related Holdings:	None
Notes:	None

Photocopying Policy:

Manuscript materials CANNOT be photocopied or digitized in their entirety. Photocopies and/or digital images cannot exceed 25% of a collection or a folder within a collection. In some cases, photocopying may not be permitted due to the condition of the item. Check with a Manuscript Librarian for other options.