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By Land, Sea, and Air

By Land, Sea, and Air

U-M's Transportation History Collection

by Laura Bien

posted 5/1/2007

One highlight of the U-M Graduate Library's absorbing transportation exhibition is a slender, pocket-size 1913 directory that lists all of the few owned cars in Michigan — "a combination social register and advertising tool," notes the exhibition catalog. The directory page on display reveals that about half of the cars are Fords, with the remainder divided

 
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