1908 Rambler Kenosha Cadillac
by Jack Pumphrey
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1908 Rambler Kenosha Cadillac
Artist
Jack Pumphrey
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Painting - Watercolor
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Rambler was an automobile brand name used by the Thomas B. Jeffery Company between 1900 and 1914, then by its successor, Nash Motors from 1950 to 1954, and finally by Nash's successor, American Motors Corporation from 1954 to 1969, it was often nicknamed the "Kenosha Cadillac" after its place of manufacture, the first use of the name Rambler for an American made automobile dates to 1897 when Thomas B. Jeffery of Chicago, Illinois and builder of the Rambler bicycle, constructed his first prototype automobile, after receiving positive reviews at the 1899 Chicago International Exhibition & Tournament and the first National Automobile Show in New York City, Jeffery decided to enter the automobile business, in 1900, he bought the old Sterling Bicycle Co. factory in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and set up shop.
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