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J. Frank Cutter
J.P. & W.H. Emond Co.
J.S. Leggett Mfg. Co.
George W. McNear
D.P. Nichols & Co.
Smith & Mabley
Chauncey Thomas & Co.
Willoughby Co.

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Automobile Bodies
S.S. Albright Co.
R. Allender
American Body Co.
American Motor Body
American Sunroof
F.A. Ames Co.
Anderson Carriage Co.
ASC
Associated Bodies Corp.
Auburn-Fuller
Auto Body Co.
Auto Cover & Top Mfg. Co.
H.H. Babcock
Baker-Raulang
Barnard Co.
O.J. Beaudette
Bela Body Co.
Bender Body Co.
Bender, Robinson Co.
George R. Bentel
Biddle & Smart
Blue Ribbon Body Co.
Bohman & Schwartz
Brewster & Co.
Bridgeport Body Co.
Briggs Mfg. Co.
Broc Carriage & Wagon Co.
John B. Brokaw
Brooks-Ostruk Co.
Brunn & Co.
Brunn Carriage
Bub Body Corp.
Budd Co.
Burr & Co.
Central Mfg. Co.
Checker Cab
Chas. H. Childs & Co.
H.R. Chupurdy & Co.
Clayton Body Co.
Coachcraft
George C. Cole
Cole & Woop
Corbett & Co.
Craig-Hunt Co.
Creative Industries
James Cunningham, Son & Co.
Currier, Cameron & Co.
Custom Craft
J. Frank Cutter
Dale Body Co.
Darrin of Paris
Dayton Body Co.
Dayton Folding Tonneau Co.
DeCausse
A.T. Demarest
Derham
Philip Derham
Detroit Body Co.
Detroit Carriage Co.
Detroit Motor Car Supply
Dietrich Inc.
Don Lee
Earl Automobile Works
Eastman Metallic Body Co.
Eckland Brothers Co.
El Morocco
J.P. & W.H. Emond Co.
Erdman-Guider Co.
B.F. Everitt Co.
Fabric Body Co.
Facto Auto Body Co.
Farnham & Nelson Co.
FASCO
Fernandez & Darrin
Fickling & Co.

Automobile Bodies (continued)
Fisher Body Co.
Fitzgibbon & Crisp
A.S. Flandrau & Co.
Fleetwood
Flint Body Co.
Floyd-Derham
Ford Motor Co.
Fried & Stonier Co.
O.R. Fuller
L. Glesenkamp, Sons & Co.
Gordon England
F.D. Gould Co.
Graff Mfg. Co.
Griswold Body Co.
Guider-Sweetland Co.
H & M Body Corp.
Hale & Kilburn
Harvard Auto Body Co.
Hayes
Hayes-Hunt
Hayes-Ionia
Healey & Co.
Hibbard & Darrin
Holbrook
Holbrook-Brewster
Lambert Hollander
Hollander & Morrill
Hume
Humer-Binder Co.
Indianapolis Body Corp.
J.S. Inskip
Ionia Mfg.
Irvin Robbins & Co.
George S. Jephson
Jephson-Scott Body Co.
Judkins
C.P. Kimball
J. Gerard Kirchhoff
Klein & Mercer
LaGrande
Larkins & Co.
Laurel Motors Corp.
M.A. Leach
Leach-Biltwell
LeBaron Carrossiers
LeBaron-Detroit
LeBaron Inc.
Don Lee
J.S. Leggett Mfg. Co.
James N. Leitch Co.
Leon Rubay
Limousine Body Co.
Lindividual
Locke
Lomberg Auto Body
Richard H. Long Co.
Markin Auto Body
Master Bodies
McCabe-Powers Body Co.
J.B. McFarlan
Edgerton B. McNear
George W. McNear
A. Meister & Sons Co.
Mengel Co.
George J. Mercer
Mercury Body Corp.
Merrimac
Millspaugh & Irish
Mitchell-Bentley
Moline Body Corp.
M.P. Moller Motor Car Co.
Moller Motor Co.
Monroe Body Co.
Moore & Munger Co.
Morton & Brett

Automobile Bodies (continued)
J.W. Mount Co.
Walter M. Murphy Co.
Murray
New Era Motors
New Haven Carriage
D.P. Nichols & Co.
Ohio Blower Co.
Ohio Body & Blower Co.
Paul Ostruk Co.
Paco Mfg. Co.
Peoria Accessory Co.
Philips Custom Body
Quinby & Co.
Quinsler & Co.
Racine Mfg. Co.
Rauch & Lang
Raulang
Reim-Thompson Co.
Robbins Body Corp.
Andrew Robinson
Rollson Inc.
Rolls-Royce CC
Rollston Co.
Rothschild & Co.
Rubay
H. Scherer & Co
Schildwachter Carriage Co.
G.A. Schnabel & Sons
Schubert Bros. Gear Co.
Charles Schutte Body Co.
Schutte & Symons
W.S. Seaman
Sechler & Co.
Shields Carriage Co.
Sievers & Erdman
C.T. Silver
Smith & Mabley
Smith-Springfield
Springfield Body
Stengel Carrossiers
Stewart Bros. Co.
W.F. Stewart Co.
R.M. Stivers
Stratton Carriage Body Co.
Chauncey Thomas & Co.
E.J. Thompson Co.
Robert Thompson Co.
Towson Body Co.
Trippensee Mfg. Co.
Union City Body Co.
United States Carriage Co.
Inglis M. Uppercu
Wadsworth Mfg. Co
Walker Body Co.
Walker-Wells Body Co.
A.H. Walker Co.
Walker-LaGrande
Walton Body Co.
Ike Walton
Waterhouse Co.
Wayne Works
C. West & Co.
Weymann American
Widman
Wildanger
Willoughby Co.
C.R. Wilson
E.H. Wilson Mfg. Co.
Wilson-Hayes
Wolfington
F.R. Wood & Son
Woonsocket Mfg Co.
William Woop Co.
Wright Carriage Body Co.

Bus Bodies
S.S. Albright Co.
American Motor Body
American Motor Bus Co.
American Motor Coach
American Quality Coach
Anheuser-Busch
AQC
Armbruster/Stageway
Associated Bodies Corp.
Austin Utility Coach
Auto Body Co.
Bender Body Co.
Boyertown Auto Body Works
Brown Body Corp.
Burkett Closed Body Co.
Campbell Mid-State
Cantrell
Checker Cab
Chicago Motor Bus Co.
Columbia Coach Works
Crestline Coach
Crown
Divco-Wayne
Eckland Brothers Co.
Farnham & Nelson Co.
Fifth Avenue Coach
Fitzgibbon & Crisp

Bus Bodies (continued)
Flxible
Ford Motor Co.
Gas-Electric Motorbus
General Motors
Graff Motor Coach Co.
Greenfield Bus Body Co.
Healey-Aeromarine
Hercules
Hercules-Campbell
Highland Body Mfg. Co.
Holcker Mfg. Co.
Holcker-Elberg Mfg. Co.
Hoover
Langlois Bros.
Linn Coach & Truck Co.
Martin
Martin-Parry
McCabe-Powers Body Co.
A. Meister & Sons Co.
Mid-State
Mifflinburg
M.P. Moller Motor Car Co.
Monart
Motor Truck Body Co.
Oneida Products
Parry
C.R. Patterson & Sons

Bus Bodies (continued)
Pickwick Motor Coach Works
Quinby & Co.
Rex Body
Rex-Watson
Safeway
August Schubert Wagon Co.
Schurmeier-Whitney Co.
Shop of Siebert
Siebert
Six-Wheel
Stageway
Standard Carriage Works
Standard Commercial Body
Stoughton
Superior Body Co.
E.J. Thompson Co.
Transicoach
Union City Body Co.
Utility Coach
Watson Products
Wayne Works
Wolfington
Woonsocket Mfg Co.
Yellow Coach Mfg. Co.
Yellow Truck & Coach Mfg. Co.
York
York-Hoover

Coachbuilt Cars
American Rolls-Royce
Baker Electric
Brewster
Checker
Cunningham
Dagmar
Detroit Electric
Duesenberg
El Morocco
Ford
Hatfield
Henney
Holtzer

Coachbuilt Cars (continued)
Iroquois
Kaiser-Darrin
Leach
McFarlan
Monroe
Packard-Darrin
Sayers
Silver-Apperson
Silver-Kissel
Silver-Knight
Silver-Peerless
S & M Simplex
Wasp

Commercial Bodies
Advance Auto Body Works
S.S. Albright Co.
Anheuser-Busch
Associated Bodies Corp.
H.H. Babcock
Baker-Raulang
Biddle & Smart
Biehl's Auto Body Works
Adam Black & Sons
Boyertown Auto Body Works
Brooks & Perkins
Brown Body Corp.
Campbell Mid-State
Caravan
Correct Mfg.
Crown
DeKalb Commercial Body Co.
DeKalb Wagon Co.
Detroit Motor Car Supply
Detroit Weatherproof Body Co.
Divco-Wayne
Duravan
Eckland Brothers Co.
John Elberg Body Co.
Field Mfg. Co.
Fitzgibbon & Crisp
Ford Motor Co.
Franklin Body & Equipment
Geneva
Gerstenslager Co.
L. Glesenkamp, Sons & Co.
Healey-Aeromarine
Hercules
Hercules-Campbell
Highland Body Mfg. Co.
Holcker Mfg. Co.

Commercial Bodies (continued)
Holcker-Elberg Mfg. Co.
Hoover
Hughes-Keenan
Lapeer Trailer
Linn Coach & Truck Co.
Linn Trailer Corp.
T.G. Mandt
Martin
Martin-Parry
McCabe-Powers Body Co.
McLaughlin Body Co.
Medical Coaches
A. Meister & Sons Co.
Mid-State
Mifflinburg
Moline Body Corp.
M.P. Moller Motor Car Co.
Montpelier Mfg. Co.
Motor Truck Body Co.
J.W. Mount Co.
D.P. Nichols & Co.
Oneonta Linn Corp.
Parry
C.R. Patterson & Sons
Proctor-Keefe
Rauch & Lang
Raulang
W.G. Reeves
Reim-Thompson Co.
Rex Body
Rex-Watson
Schildwachter
G.A. Schnabel & Sons
August Schubert Wagon Co.
Schurmeier Wagon Co.
Schurmeier-Whitney Co.

Commercial Bodies (continued)
Schulze Auto Body Works
Sechler & Co.
Springfield Body
Standard Auto Body Co.
Standard Carriage Works
Standard Commercial Body
W.F. Stewart Co.
Stoughton Cab & Body
Stoughton Wagon Co.
Swab Wagon Co.
Sycamore Wagon Works
E.J. Thompson Co.
Robert Thompson Co.
Trailer Co. of America
Trailmobile
Transportation Engineers
Trenton Bodies
Uhlenhaut Bros. Wagon Co.
Universal Sales
Vanette
Waterloo
Watson Wagon Co.
Wayne Works
Weatherproof Body Co.
Peter Wendel & Sons Co.
C. West & Co.
Wildanger
Willoughby Co.
E.H. Wilson Mfg. Co.
Wolfington
F.R. Wood & Son
Woonsocket Mfg Co.
Woonsocket Wagon Mfg Co.
Wright Carriage Body Co.
York
York-Hoover

Designers
Dwight E. Austin
Boyd Coddington
George C. Cole
Rudy Creteur
Howard A. "Dutch" Darrin
J. Frank deCausse
Philip Derham
Ray Dietrich

Designers (continued)
Harley Earl
William H. Emond
George P. Harvey
Thomas Hibbard
Klein & Mercer
LeBaron Carrossiers
Karl H. Martin
George J. Mercer

Designers (continued)
W.E. Miller
Paul Ostruk
Leon Rubay
Conover T. Silver
Peter Stengel
Roland L. Stickney

Fire Apparatus
Biehl's Auto Body Works
Adam Black & Sons
Boardman Fire Apparatus
Boyertown Auto Body Works
Bruco
Brumbaugh Body Co.
O.J. Childs Co.
Christopher Co.
Crown Coach
DeKalb Wagon Co.
 

Fire Apparatus (continued)
Fitzgibbon & Crisp
Foamite-Childs
Franklin Body & Equipment
Gerstenslager Co.
McCabe-Powers Body Co.
McFarlan
Proctor-Keefe
Swab Wagon Co.
Peter Wendel & Sons Co.

 

Ford & Lincoln Bodies
American Body Co.
American Motor Body
F.A. Ames Co.
ASC
Auto Body Co.
H.H. Babcock
O.J. Beaudette
Brewster & Co.
Briggs Mfg. Co.
Brooks Van Ette
Brunn & Co.
Bub Body Corp.
Budd Co.
Craig-Hunt Co.
Cunningham
Dayton Body Co.
Dearborn
Detroit Body Co.
Detroit Carriage Co.
B.F. Everitt Co.
FASCO
Field Mfg. Co.

Ford & Lincoln Bodies (continued)
Fisher Body Co.
Ford Motor Co.
Fried & Stonier Co.
Griswold Body Co.
Hayes
Highland Body Mfg. Co.
Holbrook
Irvin Robbins & Co.
Judkins
Lampsteed
Laurel Motors Corp.
Lindividual
Locke
Master Bodies
Mengel Co.
Mercury Body Corp.
Monroe Body Co.
Morton & Brett
Motor Truck Body Co.
Murray
New Era Motors
Ohio Body & Blower Co.

Ford & Lincoln Bodies (continued)
Ohio Blower Co.
Ohio Body Co.
Paco Mfg. Co.
Peoria Accessory Co.
Proctor-Keefe
Race-Way Body Co.
Raulang
Robbins Body Corp.
Rollson Inc.
Rollston Co.
W.S. Seaman
Sievers & Erdman
Towson Body Co.
Transportation Engineers
Trippensee Mfg. Co.
Vanette
Wadsworth Mfg. Co
Weatherproof Body Co.
Widman
Willoughby Co.
C.R. Wilson
Wilson-Hayes

Limousines
Accubilt
AHA
Allen
American Quality Coach
Andy Hotton Associates
Armbruster/Stageway
B & B Coach
Barron
Bayliff
Bender Body Co.
Bratton
C & C Custom
C & C Professional
Checker Cab
Comet
Cotner-Bevington
Derham
Eagle-Allen
Earnhart & Johansen
Economy
Eureka
Flxible

Limousines (continued)
Healey-Aeromarine
Henney
Hess & Eisenhardt
Andy Hotton
Knightstown Body
Knightstown Funeral
Memphis
Meteor
Miller-Meteor
National Body Mfg.
National Hearse
Ogara, Hess & Eisenhardt
Owen Brothers
Parmelee Transportation Co.
S&S
Sayers and Scovill
Siebert
Silver-Knightstown
Stageway
Superior Body Co.
Trinity
Weller Bros.

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Artz Press - J.D. Artz
C.F. Pettingell
Quickwork Co.

Machine Tools & Parts (continued)
W.G. Reeves
Waters Mfg Co.
Yoder Co.

Professional Cars
Abbott & Hast
ACC
Accubilt
Acme
AHA
S.S. Albright Co.
Allen
Amblewagon
American Quality Coach
Andy Hotton Associates
Armbruster/Stageway
Auburn-Fuller
Auto Body Co.
Auto Hearse Mfg. Co.
Automobile Coach Co
Automotive Conversion
B&B Coach
H.H. Babcock
Barnett
Barnette
Barron
J. Paul Bateman
Bayliff
Bender Body Co.
Biehl's Auto Body Works
Adam Black & Sons
Blue Ribbon Body Co.
Boyertown Auto Body Works
Bratton
Briarean
Bridgeton Hearse & Ambulance
Brown Body Corp.
Bruco
Brumbaugh Body Co.
C & C Custom
C & C Professional
Caserta (Meteor)
Checker Cab
Christopher Company
Comet
Cotner-Bevington
Crane & Breed
Crestline Coach
Crown
Cunningham
DeKalb Wagon Co.

Professional Cars (continued)
Demers
Derham
Detroit Electric
Divco-Wayne
Dixie
Eagle-Allen
Earnhart & Johansen
Economy
Erdman-Guider Co.
Eureka
Farnham & Nelson Co.
Fitzgibbon & Crisp
Flxible
Ford Motor Co.
Franklin Body & Equipment
O.R. Fuller
Geneva
Gerstenslager Co.
L. Glesenkamp, Sons & Co.
Great Eagle
Guider-Sweetland Co.
Healey-Aeromarine
Henney
Hess & Eisenhardt
Holbrook-Brewster
Holcker Mfg. Co.
Holcker-Elberg Mfg. Co.
Hoover
Andy Hotton
Irvin Robbins & Co.
Knightstown Body
Knightstown Funeral
John J.C. Little
Master Coach
McCabe-Powers Body Co.
McClintock
J.B. McFarlan
Medical Coaches
A. Meister & Sons Co.
Memphis
Merts & Riddle
Meteor
Mifflinburg
A.J. Miller
E.M. Miller
Miller-Meteor

Professional Cars (continued)
Miller Quincy
Millspaugh & Irish
Montpelier Manufacturing Co.
Mort
J.W. Mount Co.
National Body Mfg.
National Hearse
Ogara, Hess & Eisenhardt
Owen Brothers
Parmelee Transportation Co.
C.R. Patterson & Sons
Pinner
Proctor-Keefe
W.G. Reeves
Riddle Coach & Hearse
Richard Bros.
Robbins Body Corp.
Rock Falls Mfg. Co.
S & S
Sayers and Scovill
G.A. Schnabel & Sons
August Schubert Wagon Co.
Schurmeier Wagon Co.
Schurmeier-Whitney Co.
W.S. Seaman
Siebert
Sievers & Erdman
Silver-Knightstown
Stageway
Standard Carriage Works
Sterling Hearse & Carriage Co.
Superior Body Co.
Swab Wagon Co.
Robert Thompson Co.
Trinity
United States Carriage Co.
Walker Body Co.
Wayne Corp.
Wayne Works
Weller Bros.
Wildanger
Willoughby Co.
Wolfington
F.R. Wood & Son

 

Taxis
Armbruster
Bauer Taxicab Mfg. Co.
Bristol Engineering Co.
Checker Cab
Derham
Fisher Body Co.
Ford Motor Co.
Franklin Body & Equipment
Harvard Auto Body Co.
Henney
Luxor Cab Mfg. Corp.
Millspaugh & Irish
M.P. Moller Motor Car Co.
National Body Mfg.
National Hearse
New Era Motors
 

Taxis (continued)
D.P. Nichols & Co.
Paramount Cab Mfg. Corp.
Parmelee Transportation Co.
Racine Mfg. Co.
Rockwell Taxicab
Walden W. Shaw Auto Livery Co.
Siebert
Stageway
Templar
Waters Mfg Co.
Woonsocket Mfg Co.
Yellow Cab Mfg. Co.
Yellow Coach Mfg. Co.
Yellow Truck & Coach Mfg. Co.
York-Hoover

 

Trailers
C.A. Behlen Co.
Boyertown Auto Body Works
Budd Co.
Checker Cab
Eckland Brothers Co.
Fitzgibbon & Crisp
Gerstenslager Co.
Henney
Hercules
Highland Body Mfg. Co.
Lampsteed

Trailers (continued)
Lapeer Trailer
Lapeer-Trailmobile
Linn Coach & Truck Co.
Linn Trailer Corp.
Martin-Parry
McCabe-Powers Body Co.
Medical Coaches
Mifflinburg
Oneida Products
Oneonta Linn Corp.
Pullman-Trailmobile

Trailers (continued)
Sechler & Co.
Standard Carriage Works
Stoughton
Trailer Co. of America
Trailmobile
Universal Trailers
Watson Products
Watson Wagon Co.
Yellow Truck & Coach Mfg. Co.
York
York-Hoover 

Woodies
S.S. Albright Co.
American Sunroof
Anheuser-Busch
ASC
H.H. Babcock
Baker-Raulang
Biehl's Auto Body Works
Bishop, McCormick & Bishop
Bohman & Schwartz
Bridgeport Body Co.
Burkett Closed Body Co.
Campbell Mid-State
Cantrell
Checker Cab
Coachcraft
Cortland Cart & Carriage
Cotton
Custom Craft
Derham
Ford Motor Co.

Woodies (continued)
Geneva
Hatfield
Healey & Co.
Hercules
Hercules-Campbell
Hess & Eisenhardt
Hoover
Ionia
Lampsteed
Martin
Martin-Parry
McNear
Meteor
Mid-State
Mifflinburg
Mitchell-Bentley
M.P. Moller Motor Car Co.
Monart
J.W. Mount Co.
Murray

Woodies (continued)
Parry
Pekin
Proctor-Keefe
Raulang
Schnabel Co.
Schurmeier-Whitney Co.
Maurice Schwartz
W.S. Seaman
Siebert
Springfield Body
Standard Carriage Works
Standard Commercial Body
Stoughton
US Body & Forging
Waterloo
Wildanger
Woonsocket Wagon Mfg Co.
York
York-Hoover
Ypsilanti Reed Furniture Co.