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Vintage Lansing Oldsmobile Ads: 1900-1931
One of the many things that put Lansing on the map was the Oldsmobile.
Ransom E. Olds was an Ohioan whose family moved to Lansing in 1880, when he was 16. At the age of 23, he built his own steam-powered car.
Thanks to the
1896: Ransom builds a gas-powered automobile in Lansing.
1897: The Olds Motor Vehicle Company is founded.
1900: The name “Oldsmobile” is used for the first time.
1905: The song “My Merry Oldsmobile” debuts.
1908: Oldsmobile joins General Motors.
1935: Oldsmobile s 1,000,000th auto is cranked out.
1949: Olds debuts the Rocket V-8.
1950: Ransom E. Olds passes away.
1998: Lansing Olds moves to Detroit.