Michigan

manufacturers museums and historical sites

michigan

museums

THE HENRY FORD MUSEUM OF AMERICAN INNOVATION & GREENFIELD VILLAGE
AUTOMOTIVE HALL OF FAME
GILMORE MUSEUM
LINGENFELTER COLLECTION
STAHL'S AUTOMOTIVE COLLECTION
THOMAS EDISON DEPOT MUSEUM
FACTORY ONE/DORT DURANT HEADQUARTERS
MEADOWBROOK HALL
FISHER BUILDING
PACKARD PLANT
PACKARD PROVING GROUNDS
GM HERITAGE CENTER
R.E. OLDS MUSEUM
HACKETT AUTO MUSEUM
YE OLDE CARRIAGE SHOP
PONTIAC TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM
EDSEL & ELEANOR FORD HOUSE
HENRY FORD FAIRLANE
APPLEWOOD ESTATE
DETROIT HISTORICAL SOCIETY
DETROIT PUBLIC LIBRARY & NATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE HISTORICAL ARCHIVES
WALTER P. CHRYSLER MUSEUM
YPSILANTI AUTOMOTIVE HERITAGE MUSEUM
WILLS SAINTE CLAIRE MUSEUM OF CLASSIC AUTOS
FORD PIQUETTE AVENUE PLANT
DOSSIN GREAT LAKES MUSEUM
OLD MILL MUSEUM
RENIASSANCE CENTER/GM HEADQUARTERS

manufacturers

ALMA
Cameron/Republic Truck
ALPENA
Alpena Flyer
BELDING
Jaquet Flyer
CADILLAC
Cadillac/Acme Truck
CHARLEVOIX
Elston
CHEBOYGAN
Flagler
GAYLORD
Gaylord
GREENVILLE
Pickle
Tower Truck
KALKASKA
Elmer
LUDINGTON
Utility
MANISTEE
Autoette/Manistee
Brugman Brothers
MOUNT PLEASANT
M.P.M.
Transport Truck
PETOSKEY
Bump & McCabe Truck
Klingensmith
ST. LOUIS
Admiral
Bollstrom
TRAVERSE CITY
Napoleon

ADRIAN

Adrian
Hagaman
Lamb & Vedder
Lenawee
Lion Motor Car Co.
Lyon
Murray
Page
Wilcox-Bachle

ALBION

Gale Steam

ALLEGAN

Cornelian

ANDERSON

Buckeye Manufacturing Co

ANN ARBOR

Ann Arbor(Cars and Trucks)
Coffin Steamer
Ferguson
Koch
Star Motor Car Co.(Truck)
Thomas

BAD AXE

Huron Truck Company

BATTLE CREEK

Bollstrom
Horsey Horseless
Nichols & Shepard

BAY CITY

Oswald
Natco(Truck)
Union Motor Truck Company
Wenonah Motor Truck Company

BELLEVILLE

Jaeger

BENTON HARBOR

Bendix
Benton Harbor
Covel Manufacturing Co.

BIRMINGHAM

Oriental-Detroit
Weier-Smith(WS)(Truck)-1921

BRIGHTON

Gove Motor Car Co.-1921

BUCHANAN

Lee & Porter
Morrison

CALUMET

Ignot
Watson Electric

CHARLOTTE

Dolson
E & T
Evans

CHELSEA

Chelsea
Flanders Electric(Flanders Manufacturing Co.)
Hollier
Welch
Welch Tourist

COLDWATER

Phoenix
Shugers

CONSTANTINE

Constantine
Hawley
Upton

DEARBORN

D-D
Detroit-Dearborn
Ford(Cars and Trucks)
Graham
Graham-Paige
Mercury
Nike

DETROIT

Abbott-Detroit
Acason(Truck)
Ackerman
Acrocar
Aerocar
Aetna
Air-O-Flex(Truck)
Aland
Alden-Sampson Manufacturing Co.
Alger
All-Power(Truck)
American Benham
American Cyclecar
American Electro-Mobile
American Motorette
American(Truck)
American Motor Truck
American Voiturette
Anderson Electric
Anhut(Anbut)
Annesley
Arrow
Auto-Cyclecar(Automobile Cycle Car Co)
Automobile Manufacturing & Engineering Co(Evans)
B.O.S.S.
Barlow Stearn
Barnes
Barthel
Beau Brumel
Belmobile
Benham(Bonham)
Beyster-Detroit(Cars and Trucks)
Bi-Autogo
Bi-Car
Bingman
Blodgett
Blomstrom
Blue
Bour-Davis
Breed
Briggs
Briggs-Detroiter
Brooks
Brotherton
Brush Runabout Co.(Cars and Trucks)
Buick
C.J. Fischer Co.
Cadillac(Cars and Trucks)
Caille
Car De Luxe
Car-Nation
Carhartt
Carson
Cartercar
Cavac
Central
Century
Century Electric Car Co(Became Century Manufacturing Co)
Chalmers-Detroit/Chalmers
Chevrolet
Chief
Chrysler
Clark
Coleridge Commercial Car Co.
Collins Six
Colonial Electric Car Co.
Columbia Six
Columbian Electric
Commerce(Cars and Trucks)
Commercial Electric
Commercial Motor Car Co.
Corrick
Cox
Crary Motor Car Co.
Crescent
Cricket(Cars and Trucks)
Cricket Cycle Car Co.(Became Motor Products Co.)
Crowe Thirty
Crown
Cygnet
D.A.C.
Day Utility(Day Auto Co.)(Truck)
D.H.K.
Da Vinci
Davis
Davis Stearn
Dawson
Day Utility
Denby(Truck)
De Luxe Motor Car Co.
De Palma
DeSoto(Cars and Trucks)
Dealers
Demot
Demotcar
Detroit(Cars and Trucks)
Detroit Cycle Car Co.
Detroit Electric(Cars and Trucks)
Detroit Motor Wagon(Truck)
Detroit Speedster
Detroit Taxi
Detroiter
Diamond
Dingfelder
Divco(Truck)
Doble
Dodge
Dodgeson
Dodo
Downing(Cars and Trucks)
Downing-Detroit
Dragon
Du-Brie Callie
Duer
Eagle
Eagle Electric
Eclipse
Eco
Edison Electric
Electromobile
EMF
Engler
Essex(Cars and Trucks)
Eureka
Evans Motor Car Co.
Everett
Excel
Falcon(Truck)
Fanvien
Fargo(Cars and Trucks)
Faulkner-Blanchard
Federal(Truck)
Federal-Knight(Truck)
Fee-American
Finch Limited
Fischer-Detroit
Fisher-Standard(Truck)
Flanders(Truck)
Flanders Six
Flanders 20
Flyer Motor Car Co.
Fuller
Gadabout
Gates
Gilmore
Globe
Goodspeed-Detroit
Gove
Grabowski Power Wagon Co.(Truck)
Grant
Gray(Cars and Trucks)
Grenel
Grinnell Electric
Griswold
Gyroscope
H & F Electric
H-C
Hamlin-Holmes
Hammer
Hammer-Sommer
Hart
Hastings
Hawk
Herreshoff(Cars and Trucks)
Herman
Hilsendegen
Hoffman
Hooper
Horton Autoette
House
Howard
Huber
Hudson
Hupmobile(Cars and Trucks)
Hupp-Yeats(Cars and Trucks)
Huron
Hussey
Imperial Electric
Independence
J.P.L.
Jefferson Motor Car Co.
Jewett
Jonet Cycle Car Co.(Maloon)
Keeton(Kecton)
Kelly
Kermath
Kerston
Kess-Line
Kessler
King
King-Remick
Kinsey
Kirby Motor Car Co.
Knapp
Koehler Electric
Kopp Motor Truck Co.
Kopplin Motor Co.
Kosmath(Cars and Trucks)
Krass
K.R.I.T.(Cars and Trucks)
Kull
L'Esperance
La Petite
La Salle
La Vigne(Cars and Trucks)
La Vigne Cycle Car Co.
Lauer
Lee
Leslie
Liberty(Cars and Trucks)
Liberty Brush
Light Motor Truck Co.
Light Six
Lincoln(Cars and Trucks)
Lincoln Highway
Little Detroit
Little Four Steam
Little Motor Car Co.(Became Republic Motor Co.)
Little Mystery
Little Princess
Lotz
Lozier
M & P(Truck)
M&P Electric Vehicle Co.
M.C.C. Six
Mahs
Majestic
Malcolm
Malcomson
Marr
Marsh
Marvel
Massnick-Phipps
Masterbilt Six
Maxwell(Cars and Trucks)
McCrary
McHardy
Mercury(Cars and Trucks)
Mercury Cycle Car Co.
Meredith
Metzger
Michigan Six
Michigan Steam Motor Car Co.
Miller(Cars and Trucks)
Monarch Motor Co.(Became Monarch Motor Car Co.)
Morse
Motor Wagon Company of Detroit
Nash
National Cyclercar
Nelson-Brennan-Peterson
New
Nielson(Cars and Trucks)
Noble
Norner Handy Wagon Co.
Northern(Cars and Trucks)
O.K. Motor Truck Co.(Truck)
Oldsmobile
Oliver Motor Truck Co.(Truck)
Owen
P.E.T.
Packard(Cars and Trucks)
Paige(Cars and Trucks)
Paige-Detroit
Palmer
Paragon
Partin-Palmer Motor Car Co.
Peck
Pennsy
Perkins
Phipps Electric Vehicle Co.
Phipps-Grinnell(Cars and Trucks)
Pilgrim
Pioneer
Plymouth
Poss Motor Co.(Truck)
Power(Truck)
Pratt-Carter-Sigbee & Co.
Princess Motor Car Co.
Pungs-Finch Auto & Gas Engine Co.
Queen
R.C.H. Corporation
R.M.C.
R-O
Racine
Radford Light Car
Rands
Rapid(Truck)
Read Motor Car Co.
Red Shield
Red Shield R(H)ustler Power Car Co.(Became Auburn Motor Chassis Co.)(Truck)
Regal(Cars and Trucks)
Reliance
Rex
Rickenbacker
Roberts
Rockne
Ross
Russel
S & M Motor Co.(Became Benham Manufacturing Co.)
S.E.M.
S.R.K.
Saginaw Speedster
Sampson(Cars and Trucks)
Savage Motor Co.
Saxon
Scarab
Schneider
Scripps-Booth(Cars and Trucks)
Seabrook-R.M.C.
Seitz(Truck)
Service(Truck)
Sharp
Shaw Brothers
Sibley Motor Car Co.
Signal(Truck)
Silent Northern
Simon
Simpson
Small
Snoburner
Sommer
Spider
Squires
Stanley
Star-Tribune Motor Sales Co.(Became O.K. Motor Truck Co.)(Truck)
States
Steely
Sterling Motor Co.
Still
Stoops
Storms(Truck)
Storms Electric
Stout Scarab
Strouse
Suburban Motor Car Co.(Became Palmer Motor Car Co.)
Superior(Truck)
T.H.T.
Tempelton-Dubrie
Terraplane
Thomas-Detroit
Tiger(Cars and Trucks)
Titan
Tom Thumb
Trask Steam
Traveler Motor Car Co.
Tribune Motor Co.
Triumph Manufacturing Co.
True Blue
Trumbull
Tyro
Unique
United(Cars and Trucks)
Universal Motor Truck Co.(Became Universal Service Co. and United States Motor Constituent Co.-Reorganized into Maxwell Motor Co.)
Usborne
Van Dyke(Truck)
Varsity
Ver Linden
Vernon 30
Vulcan Motor Car Co.
Wachman
Waco-Schaffer
Wagenhals(e) Motor Co.
Wahl Motor Car Co.
Waldon
Walker
Walker Six
Warren Motor Car Co.(Cars and Trucks)
Watt
Wayne
Weinert
Welch-Detroit
Whiffler
Whitney
Wilson(Truck)
Witt Special
Wolverine(Truck)
Wolverine-Detroit(Truck)

DOWAGIAC

Doe-Wah-Jack
Dowagiac(Cars and Trucks)
Lindsley

DUNDEE

Maumee
Wolverine

ECORSE

Hinckley
Suburban

FENTON

Elgin Light Car Co.
Fenton
Fenton Cycle Car Co.(Became Koppin Motor Car Co. Detroit)
Howick
Koppin
Signet

FLINT

A.C.M.
Bardwell
Best(Truck)
Buick(Cars and Trucks)
Cadet
Chevrolet
Daisy
Dalton
Dort
Eagle
Flint(Cars and Trucks)
Flint Roadster
Hardy
Janney
Little
Marquette
Monroe
Paterson
Randolph Motor Truck Co.(Truck)
Tiffany Electric
Whiting
Wisner

FOWLERVILLE

Sprague

GRAND HAVEN

A-C
Alter
Apex(Truck)
Boyden
Hamilton
Oswald
Panhard(Truck)
Van Motor Car Co.

GRAND RAPIDS

Ace Six
Anthony-Hatcher
Austin
Berwick
Boyden
Carter Steam
Clipper
Coggswell
Continental
Couple Gear(Truck)
De Vaux
Decatur
Defender
Eastabrook
Gem(Cars and Trucks)
Grand Rapids Motor Truck Co.(Formerly Decatur Motor Car Co. Ind.)(Became Parcel Post Equipment Co.)
Hackett
Hand
Harrison
Higrade(Truck)
Holson Motor Patent Co.
Lamb Electric
Lorraine
Lubeck
M.H.C.
Martin
Matheson
Menges
Michigan Steam
Rapid
Sintz
Soules(Truck)
Stockwell
Sultz
United(Truck)
Van-L Commercial Car Co.(Truck)

GROSSE POINTE

Hariss

HANCOCK

La Pointe Simplex

HILLSDALE

Alamobile
Hillsdale
Mercury
Raymond
Reek

HOLLAND

Holland
Spencer

HOLLY

Wade Commercial Car Co.(Truck)

HOMER

Homer Auto Truck Co

HUDSON

Bean-Chamberlain
Hudson Steamer

IONIA

Crell

JACKSON

Ajax Cyclecar
Ames Dean
Argo
Briscoe(Cars and Trucks)
Buick
Burman
Butcher & Gaug
C.V.I.
Cartercar
Clarke-Carter Co(Became Cutting Motor Car Co)
Cleveland(Truck)
Cutting
Duck
Earl
Frazer
Fuller
Globe
Hackett
Hollier
Howard
Imperial
Jackson(Cars and Trucks)
Jaxon Steam
Kaiser Darrin
Marion-Handley
National
Orlo
Speedwell Motor Car Co.
Standard Electric
Steel Swallow(m) Auto Co.
Wego
Whiting Motor Car Company
William Hatch

JONESVILLE

American Beauty
Deal Motor Vehicle Co.

KALAMAZOO

Barley
Blood
Blood Cyclecar
Brown-Burtt
Burtt
Cannon
Checker
Cornelian
Greyhound
Handley-Knight
Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo Motor Vehicle Co.(Became Columbia Motor Truck & Trailer Co. in Pontiac)
Lane(Truck)
Michigan
Michigan Auto Co.
Michigan Buggy Co.
Michigan Motor Car Co.
Mighty Michigan
Oswald
Pennant
Roamer
Safety First
Speedway Special
States
Traction
Wolverine

LANSING

B & O
Bates
Bonnet
Clark(Cars and Trucks)
Clark Power Wagon(Truck)
Clarkmobile
Clawson
Duplex(Truck)
Durant
Furgason
Greenleaf
Jarvis
Kirchen Steam
Kropp
Mathis
New Way
Oldsmobile(Cars and Trucks)
Outing
REO(Cars and Trucks)
Superior(Truck)
Viking
Wolverine

MARSHALL

Borough & Blood
Bullard

MARYSVILLE

Wills Sainte Claire

MEMPHIS

Cleggmobile

MENDON

Hawley
Putnam

MENOMINEE

Dudly(Truck)
Dudly Bug
Menominee Electric
Poyer(Truck)

MONROE

Beisel
Van Blerck

MOUNT CLEMENS

Flyer
Mount Clemens
Reynolds Motor Truck Company
Wolverine

MUSKEGON

Continental Motors
Gary
Henry Motor Car Co.
Muskegon(Cars and Trucks)

NEWPORT

Francisco-Martin

NILES

Bremer
Niles

NORTHVILLE

Globe(Truck)

OWOSSO

Owosso Motor Co.(Cars and Trucks)
Shannon

OXFORD

Detroit-Oxford
Malcolm
Oxford

PLYMOUTH

Alter
Cavac(Truck)
J.D. Fato Co.

PONTIAC

Cartercar(Cars and Trucks)
Columbia Motor Truck & Trailer Co.(Truck)
Engler
Flanders Electric Inc.
Friend
Lincoln(Truck)
Michigan Steam Motor Company(Truck)
Monroe
Oakland
Olympian
Pontiac
Rapid Motor Vehicle Co(Truck)
Schuler-Morris-Jones
Welch Motor Car Co.(Bought by GM and discontinued)
Yellow

PORT HURON

Cass Motor Truck Co(Became Independent)
Cube
Havers
Independent(Truck)
Mc Lean
Northern
Troutt-Yokom Car Co.

SAGINAW

American-Argo(Truck)
American Electric(Truck)
American Steam Truck Co
Argo Electric
Ayres
Borland Electric
Broc Electric
Brooks(Cars and Trucks)
Buggy-Aut
Duryea
Electa
Emendorfer
Faultless
Marquette
Nelson Brothers/Jumbo Trucks
Penninsula Motor Co.(Bought by GM and discontinued)
Pribil
Railsbach
Rainier
Ruggles(Truck)
Saginaw
Saginaw Eight
Saginaw Speedster
Thomas
Tierney
Yale

SAINT CLAIR

Beebe

SAINT JOHNS

Ideal
Triangle(Truck)

SAINT JOSEPH

Famous(Truck)
Victor(Truck)

SIBLEY

Church-Field Electric(Church-Field Motor Car Co)

SPRING LAKE

Mc Cluer

THREE RIVERS

Sheffield Car Co.

VICKSBURG

Clark Steam
Ells

WARREN

Saviano Scat

WAYNE

D.A.C.
Harroun
Swift

WYANDOTTE

Belmont
Detroit River Boat & Car Co.
Horner(Truck)
Seltz Auto & Transmission Co.

YPSILANTI

Ace
Apex Motor Corp
Commerce Truck(1922-1925)
Heinz
Saxon