The Chicago History Museum, in its new lobby, features a 1978 Chevy Monte Carlo lowrider created by the Amistad Car Club of Cicero, Illinois. The Museum commissioned this video about the creation of this lowrider and lowriding culture in Chicago and the United States. The Chicago History Museum is located at 1601 N. Clark St. [...]
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One of the major companies of the 20th Century have left their mark, is car rental. Car rentals are primarily people who have a car which is temporarily out of reach or out of service or travelers who are waiting from the city or owners of damaged or destroyed vehicles, repair or insurance compensation. In the [...]
Car rental is an integral part of many people’s travel plans and is used all around the world to travel from A to B. whether travelling on business, journeying with the family or simply on holiday wanting to explore, car rental services are extremely helpful. But where did these services arise from? Who was the [...]
The history of car rentals is fairly straight forward. It began with the introduction of Ford’s economical Model T car in 1908. A Nebraska man, Joe Saunders, was supposedly the first person to start a rental company business when he lent out his Model T to traveling salesmen. His first customer is said to have [...]
The introduction of the Ford Model T as the first mass produced car is closely linked with the car hire industry. A mere eight years after the first Ts rolled of the production line an enterprising Nebraskan businessman called Joes Saunders started a car hire firm with one car. The main focus of his business [...] |
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September 8, 2010, 6:20 pm
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