Speculators learn more all this weekend on American History tv. Right this minute were in a hudson dealership that started off as a dodge dealership way back in 1916. Became a hudson dealership in 1933 and continued as a hudson dealership until hudson went out of business in 1957. What is unique is the dealership has the feel and look ot a 1930s, 1940s car dealership. It is absolutely original. After world war ii ended, didnt need bombers any more. Two industrialists got together and decided to manufacture cars. There was a pent up demand for consumer goods. They went together and created a Company Called Kaiser Frazier. They manufactured cars at the old bomber plant from the end of world war ii until 1953. In 1953, they were sales had declined and they were consolidated into ohio. In that factory, General Motors took it over and needed a factory after losing their plant from a fire. They moved here to manufacture transmissions and then they took half of the factory and used it as an a
Of business in 1957. Whats unique about it is the dealership has the feel and the look of a 1930s, 1940s car dealership. And it has that feel because it is absolutely original. After world war ii ended, didnt need bombers anymore and there was a giant factory, the biggest one under one roof in the world. And two industrialists got together and decided to manufacture cars. There was a pentup demand for consumer goods after world war ii. They went together and created a Company Called kaiser fraser, using their last names. And Kaiser Frazer manufactured cars at the old bomber plant until 1953 when in 1953, they were sales had declined and they were consolidated into toledo, ohio. And in that factory then, General Motors took it over and needed the factory after losing their hydromatic plant from a fire outside of detroit. They moved here to ypsilanti to manufacture transmissions and then took half the factory and used it as an assembly plant. A General Motors story here. We have a Kaiser
And visibly pregnant and asked how much Maternity Leave do you want to sake and she said basically none, the fact that such women exist, not the way i i took plenty of Maternity Leave but i feel like that is a growing number you know, that is a kind of woman that there can be space for. And the fact that there are some stay at home dads happy and who do not all entirely live in portland, oregon, thats okay, too. Only National Television network devoted exclusively to nonfiction books and throughout the fall were marking 15 years of book tv on cspan2. All weekend long American History tv is joining our Comcast Cable partners to showcase the history of ann arbor, michigan. To learn more about our local content vehicles, visit cspan. Org local content. This is American History tv on cspan3. Today youre at the indianapolis landty Automotive Heritage Museum in the city of jips landty. What we have created here is a museum attempting to tell the automotive history of our area here. And right
Afternoon to introduce to you trevor plant. Trevor is the director of the Textual Records Division at the National Archives building in washington, dc. Ill translate that for you all. Trevor has a very important job in the field of history. Trevor is the friend of every historian. Trevor is a really likable guy. But if you didnt like him and youre a historian, hes still going to be really nice to him because archivist have all the power. Now i got a double whammy there. My wife is an archivist, so i got archivist at home that i have to mind as well as the field as well. The archivist are again are indispensable to what we do in the field of civil war history, in particular. Youd be hard pressed to find a book that doesnt have the imprint of trevor. He knows the collections exceeding only well, and thats whats so crucial. When you work with an archivist, you want someone who can do more than just pull the records off the dusty shelves. Youve got to have somebody who really understands t
I am the director of the Cyber Institute here at gettysburg college. Im also a member of the history department. And its my pleasure this afternoon to introduce to you trevor plant. Trevor is the director of the Textual Records Division at the National Archives building in washington, dc. Ill translate that for you all. Trevor has a very important job in the field of history. Trevor is the friend of every historian. Trevor is a really likable guy. But if you didnt like him and youre a historian, hes still going to be really nice to him because archivist have all the power. Now i got a double whammy there. My wife is an archivist, so i got archivist at home that i have to mind as well as the field as well. The archivist are again are indispensable to what we do in the field of civil war history, in particular. Youd be hard pressed to find a book that doesnt have the imprint of trevor. He knows the collections exceeding only well, and thats whats so crucial. When you work with an archivi