Taxi Driver Assisting Woman out of Model D Checker Cab, 1923

Summary

Checker Motors Corporation produced cabs in Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1922 until 1982. Its 1923 offering was the Model D pictured here. Checker's purpose-built taxicabs were spacious, with accommodating back seats and big trunks for lots of luggage. They offered convenient point-to-point transportation -- whether between transit systems or simply around town -- to paying customers around the country.

Checker Motors Corporation produced cabs in Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1922 until 1982. Its 1923 offering was the Model D pictured here. Checker's purpose-built taxicabs were spacious, with accommodating back seats and big trunks for lots of luggage. They offered convenient point-to-point transportation -- whether between transit systems or simply around town -- to paying customers around the country.

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1923

Creators

Morgan, Ward C., 1907-1997 

Creator Notes

Original photography by Krause Publications, Inc.

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

92.1.1774.623

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Family of Henry Austin Clark, Jr.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 7.5 in

Width: 10 in

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