FWD Co. ; Badger Four-Wheel Drive Auto Co. Search this
Notes content:
Automobile transmissions ; trucks ; earth boring and pole setting equipment ; aerial ladder trucks ; fire fighting trucks and equipment ; public utility trucks ; Miller FWD Special Racing Car ; snow removal truck equipment ; center scraper plow ; airport snow removal trucks ; road maintenance trucks ; oil field trucks ; "Truck News" publication (vol. 40, no. 3 ; Annual Photo Review Issue) ; "Exhaustive Test of an FWD Truck by Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana" ; The company built the first four wheel drive vehicle in the United States. During WWI, many of their 4X4 trucks were used by the US and British armies. ; credited with the invention of the four-wheel drive axle ; see entry in Dictionary of Wisconsin History: http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/
Includes:
Trade catalog and photographs
Black and white images
Color images
Physical description:
81 pieces; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Clintonville, Wisconsin, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Automobiles and automotive equipment (including trucks and buses) Search this
