For perhaps the best coverage of the recent Citroen centennial bash, we have to look no further than Citroenvie! a huge conglomeration of Citroëns of every model. The assembly of Traction Avants alon...
Photo by Marcin Szala. In late March 1919, 10 vehicles rolled off the assembly line in the newly renamed town of Kopřivnice in the newly established country of Czechoslovakia bearing the newly coined...
This year marks the centennial of Checker Taxi — the cab company, not the manufacturing company. It’s a little confusing, but the Internet Checker Taxicab Archive lays out the history of how Checker ...
Photos courtesy Cummins. As a 23-year-old test inspector for Marmon in 1911, Clessie Cummins jumped at the chance to crew for Ray Harroun’s Marmon Wasp at the inaugural Indianapolis 500, an experienc...
Tin Can Tourists in De Soto Park, December 1920. Photos via Florida Memory. Long before today’s #vanlife movement, another generation of travelers and wanderers who carried their houses around with t...
Photo by Bierlos. Over the last century, Citroën has introduced a number of of significant automotive innovations from front-wheel drive to the company’s signature hydropneumatic suspension. That leg...
Photo by Jannes Glas. While much of Route 66 remains in existence and in use, its decommissioning more than 30 years ago has left its fate largely to the various states through which the Mother Road ...
Photos courtesy Terry Ernest. Long time Wills Sainte Claire Museum member Bill Mason’s son, Rick, emailed me earlier this year and asked if I could attend and represent the Wills Museum at his father...