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PHOTOGRAPHS : William C. Durant, Durant, Star, Flint, Rugby, Mathis & Locomobile Automobiles
- Print, Photographic
- 2012.2.1
- Durant Lansing, Michigan Plant 1928/1929
- Factory promotional photograph taken outside of the Durant Motors Automobile Factory, Lansing, Michigan showing 1928/1929 cars lined up in front.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.1.1
- Star Dealership
- Good day hunting. Two hunters return with their trophies in their Star Car. Taken in front of Eby Auto Sales, Wakarusa, Indiana. Ralph Eby opened his Star/Durant Dealership in 1922 also selling Indiana gasoline. He doubled the size of his business in... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.1.2
- Star Dealership
- Image of green and white Star dealership mounted on outside of building. Unknown city and unknown women and child in photograph... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.1.3
- Star Dealership, Monpelier, Vermont after November 1927 Flood
- Green and white Star dealership sign on outside of Star Dealership in Montpelier, Vermont. Montpelier just experienced a devastating flood on November 2,3,4, 1927 and dealership appears undamaged. Sign is standard authorized Star sign by Durant Motor... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.2.3
- 1924 Flint Model 55 four door sedan
- Photograph of a 1924 Flint Model 55 four door sedan at an unknown location with unknown female at the wheel.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.2.2
- 1925 Flint Model 55 Touring Car
- Flint Motorcar promotional photograph of a 1925 Model 55 Flint Touring car on the streets of San Francisco, California.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.2.8
- 1926 Locomobile
- 1926 Locomobile coupe. Unknown owner or location.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.2.10
- William Crapo Durant
- Image of William Crapo Durant taken by unknown photographer. Durant is believed to be in his 40's at this time.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.2.11
- Durant Motors Inc. late factory authorized dealership sign
- Factory authorized Durant dealership sign. Metal sign, with red, black and white letters. Offered in various sizes and used probably from 1929 to 1932.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.2.18
- 1923 Locomobile
- 1923 Locomobile Sportif photograph.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.2.19
- 1923 Locomobile Cabriolet
- Locomobile Factory photograph 1923 Locomobile Cabriolet... View Full Record
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- 2013.2.21
- William Crapo Durant and wife Catherine
- William Crapo Durant and Catherine Lederer Durant on the decks of probably White Star Line, RMS Majestic ship taken prior to sailing from New York harbor for Europe around 1926. Notice deck chairs in the background. Probably an publicity photograph... View Full Record
- Photograph
- 2013.2.27
- 1925 Miss Nebraska, Myrtle Roach in Flint Automobile
- Promotional photograph of Miss Nebraska 1925, believed to be Miss Myrtle Roach, driving a Flint Model 55 touring automobile.... View Full Record
- Photograph
- 2013.2.26
- Flint automobile advertising
- Flint automobile promotional photograph showing taken approximately 1925 with Flint automobiles and Flint decorated airplane used for advertising. This photograph was believed taken somewhere in Pennsylvania by an unknown photographer.... View Full Record
- Ad, Print
- 2013.2.33
- 1923 Star Delivery truck.
- Factory print from a Durant factory publication of a 1923 Star with Delivery body. Believed to be standard Star frame and running gear with wooden body attached. These bodies were made by a number of professional body companies, including the Mifflle... View Full Record
- Photograph
- 2013.2.35
- 1923 Star Taxi
- Photograph from Durant Standard factory magazine of 1923 Star Taxi Cab in unknown city with uknown driver.... View Full Record
- Photograph
- 2013.2.36
- 1928 Durant Paint Chips
- 1928 Durant Automobile Company paint colors for their Durant automobiles.... View Full Record
- Photograph
- 2013.2.38
- Durant—Dort Carriage Factory
- Early photograph of the Durant-Dort Carriage Factory, Flint, Michigan.... View Full Record
- Photograph
- 2013.2.39
- William C. Durant at his desk
- William Crapo Durant at his desk.... View Full Record
- Photograph
- 2013.2.40
- Elizabeth, New Jersey Durant/Star Plant staff
- Durant Motors Corporation, Elizabeth, New Jersey Plant. Photo taken in front of executive offices with unknown executives of the corporation.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.4.1
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan Plant assembly line frame starting point
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan Plant frame loading area. Here frames are loaded onto conveyor belts for moving them inside to start the assembly process prior to going onto the assembly line.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.4.2
- Durant Motors Corporation, Lansing Michigan Frame assembly room
- Durant Motors Incorporated, Lansing Michigan plant. Inside frame assembly line. At this location, frames are moved from outside of building arriving by train from frame manufacturing facility and placed on assembly line ready to head to frame assem... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.4.3
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan plant. Frame assembly room.
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan Plant, frame assemble room. Here automobile frames are turned upside down and frame components such as front axle, brakes, rear axle, springs etc. are assembled by skilled workers.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.4.4
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing Michigan Plant. Wheel assembly room.
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan Plant wheel assembly room. Here wheelwrights carefully assembled hubs, wooden spokes and fellows together carefully sanding each spoke for a perfect fit within the wheels fellow.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.4.6
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan Plant. Wheel paint booth.
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan wheel paint booth. Here the assembled wooden spoke wheels are painted. The wheel pictured appears to be a Star automobile wheel. Notice the marks on the front of the paint booth indicating the number of pieces t... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.4.7
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan finished wheel storage room
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan finished wheel storage bins. Here wheels are stored in racks awaiting transport to the wheel assembly point on the assembly line where the wheel is attached to the chassis.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.4.8
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing Michigan Plant Battery preparation room.
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan Plant battery preparation room. Here batteries for cars are prepared by adding acid, and being charged with electricity. From here they will be moved to the assembly line for placing into the frames of cars.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.4.9
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan convertable top assembly room
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan convertable top assembly room. Here wooden top frames are assembled prior to cloth material being added.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.4.10
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing Michigan Plant, top assembly room
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan Plant top assembly room. Here skilled workers assemble the fabric top to the wooden top frames.... View Full Record
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- 2013.4.11
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing Michigan Plant parts storage room
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing Michigan Plant parts storage room. Here various parts are stored awaiting transfer to the various stations on the assembly line. Durant Motors Inc. obtained parts for its vehicles from various sources.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.4.12
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan plant assembly line
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan plant assembly line. Finished frames are moved along the assembly line to the next assembly point. Frames appear to be Star automobile frames.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.4.13
- Durant Motors Inc Lansing Michigan Plant, vehicle assembly line
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan plant vehicle assembly line. Here finished frame with parts moves down the assembly line to the next assembly point. Notice assembly line construction and white rubber tires on vehicle. Appears to be a Durant M... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.4.14
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan Plant vehicle assembly line
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan Plant vehicle assembly line. A Durant Model A-22 automobile frame moves down the assembly line awaiting the addition of a body. Note the white rubber tires on the vehicle.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.4.15
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan Plant automobile body prepreparation room.
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan Plant body prepartition room. Here this touring car body is sanded and prepared for painting prior to being assembled to the frame and cloth top being added.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.4.16
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan Plant sheet metal press station,
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan Plant metal press fender area. Here men are placing steel blanks on metal presses and shaping Durant product fenders. Once pressed these fenders are stacked on the movable racks for transportation to the paint roo... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.4.17
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan Plant. Body preparation station
- Durant Motors Inc., Lansing, Michigan Plant body preparation station on the assembly line. Here workers install doors, and other items in the body of the vehicles prior to the marriage of the body to the frame. This is a touring car body.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.4.18
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan Plant body to frame marriage point
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan Plant, body to frame assembly point. Here the assembled and painted body is lowered from the floor above through the space in the roof onto the lower assembly line where it is placed on the frame of the car. Toda... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.4.19
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan Plant, assembly line
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan Plant assembly line. Here a 1923 Durant A-22 Touring Car comes down the assembly line with employees putting the final touches on the top. Note the white rubber tires on the vehicle.... View Full Record
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- 2013.4.20
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan Plant, Assembly line
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan Plant, assembly line. 1923 Star touring car coming down the assembly line ready to head to the shipping department.... View Full Record
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- 2013.4.21
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan, Plant assembly line distant photo
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan Plant assembly line photograph taken from a distance. Appears to be a row of 1923 Star Touring cars coming off the line.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.4.22
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan Plant, completed vehicle storage area.
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan Plant vehicle storage area. Here vehicles are stored after coming off the assembly line and prior to shipment to the various dealerships.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.4.23
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan Plant railroad car shipment entrance.
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan Plant. Outside view of the shipping area from the outside of the building showing railroad cars awaiting Star and Durant automobiles for shipment to the dealers.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.4.24
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan automobile loading dock.
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan assembly plant loading dock area. Cars are moved from the storage area into the awaiting railroad cars for transport to various dealerships. Prior to modern day automobile rail transport cars, rail cars called box... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.4.25
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan Plant loading docks
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan Assembly Plant loading dock area. Touring cars await loading into railroad cars. Windshield frames are removed from the vehicle prior to shipment to allow for stacking of the vehicle in the railroad box cars. A N... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.4.27
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan Plant 1923 Lansing Christmas parade float
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan Plant 1923 entry in the City of Lansing Christmas Parade. Spotlighting the 1923 Star Touring car. Notice the stuffed dear head with lights in the antlers and the U.S, Army Regulars or National Guard driving the fl... View Full Record
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- 2013.4.28
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan Plant Power building
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan Power plant. Electrical power for the entire plant was made in this building as well as steam heat.... View Full Record
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- 2013.4.26
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan 1923 Christmas float entry.
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan Plant. 1923 City of Lansing Christmas Parade float displaying the new Star Touring car.... View Full Record
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- 2013.4.29
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan Service Office
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan Plant Service Office.... View Full Record
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- 2013.4.30
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan outside plant view
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan Plant. Outside view of the vehicle assembly building and railroad tracks into shipping and supply area. Plant power station is visible in the upper left corner.... View Full Record
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- 2013.4.31
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan Plant meeting room
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan Plant, meeting room with unknown employee. Notice vehicle frame and motor with white rubber tires in the background.... View Full Record
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- 2013.4.32
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan Plant employee lounge area.
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan Plant employee recreation/lounge area.... View Full Record
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- 2013.4.33
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan Plant outside plant entrance.
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan Plant front entrance area.... View Full Record
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- 2013.4.34
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing Plant employee cafeteria outside view
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan Plant employee cafeteria outside view.... View Full Record
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- 2013.4.35
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan inside view of employee cafeteria
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan employee cafeteria inside view.... View Full Record
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- 2013.4.36
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan Plant employee cafeteria inside view
- Durant Motors Inc. Lansing, Michigan Plant employee cafeteria inside view.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.4.37
- Richards Motor Car Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan Durant billboard.
- Durant Motors Inc. advertising billboard. Photograph was taken on U.S. Highway 131 near Grand Rapids Michigan. Billboard was erected for Richardson Motor Car Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Richardson Motor Car Company was owned and operated by Ora... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.2.43
- William C. Durant deputing Flint automobile in 1923 at Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York, New York
- William C. Durant deputes the new Flint automobile in January 1923 at what is believed to be the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, fifth avenue, New York, New York during the 1923 New York Motors Show.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.5.4
- Francis and Ve West with their Durant B—22 automobile
- Family photograph of Francis and Ve West with their 1923 Durant Model B-22 automobile.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.2.54
- 1923 Durant Sport Roadster with unidentified man and woman.
- 1923 Durant Sport Roadster photograph with unidentified man and woman leaning on automobile.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.2.53
- 1929 Durant Model 60 Roadster Factory Photograph
- 1929 Durant Model 60 Roadster Factory Photograph.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.2.51
- L.G. Peterson taking delivery of five Durant Model 614 Sedans from Norman DeVaux
- The first drive-away of the new 1930 Durant Model 614 series from the Durant Plant in Oakland, California. L.G. Peterson of the Peterson Motor Company of Boise, Idaho is congratulated by Durant Motors California President Norman DeVaux as he takes de... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.2.50
- 1930 Durant Model 614 Business Coupe with unidentified woman.
- 1930 Durant Model 614 Business Coupe with unidentified woman in front of uknown house. Possibly a California factory advertising photograph.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.2.49
- 1923 Durant A—22 Four Door Sedan with two men
- 1923 Durant A-22 Four Door Sedan with two unidentified men.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.2.48
- 1922 Durant Sport Touring Car Factory Photograph
- 1922 Durant Sport Touring Car Factory Photograph.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.2.47
- 1931 Durant Model 612 Sedan
- Factory photograph of the 1931 Durant Model 612 four door sedan.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.2.46
- 1932 Durant Model 622 Four Door Sedan
- Factory drawing of the proposed 1932 Durant Motors believed to be a Model 622 Four Door Sedan. In 1932 Durant Motors filed for bankruptcy and ceased operation in the United States. It is believed that this model never went into production and no kn... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.2.45
- 1930 Durant Model 407 Standard Coupe
- Factory photograph of 1930 Durant Model 407 Standard Coupe.... View Full Record
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- 2013.2.44
- 1931 Durant Model 614
- Factory photograph of a 1931 Durant Model 614 four door sedan.... View Full Record
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- 2013.2.28
- Let's go for ice cream, 1928 Durant Model 60 or 66.
- 1929 Durant Model 60 or 66 four door sedan with two small boys on running board. Photograph was part of an unknown family album and two boys are identified only as Bob and Bing. Their last name is unknown and their hometown is unknown.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.2.52
- 1930 Durant Coupe and California Senator Arthur H. Breed Jr.
- California State Senator Arthur H. Breed Jr. (1865-1953) with foot on the running board of a 1930 Durant Model 614 Coupe taken in Sacramento, California in 1930. Senator Breed served the California Senate for 16 years,... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2014.8.3
- Aerial Photograph of the Durant Motors Inc. Plant, Elizabeth, New Jersey
- Photograph taken from the air of the Durant Motors Inc. Elizabeth, New Jersey Plant. The Elizabeth, New Jersey plant was originally built by the Dusenburg Motors Corporation upon being awarded a U.S. Government contract to built engines during the Un... View Full Record