J.W. Updyke Motor Company, Dodge – Plymoth dealership and Mobile Service Station, southeast corner of the US Highway 36-63 junction, November 4, 1948. Sutton Motors, Inc., Ford and Mercury dealership, southeast corner of the US Highway 36-63 junction, October 25, 1972. This location was previously occupied by …
The All-Steel Motor Car Company Factory, northeast corner of Oak Street and the Wabash Railroad, looking northwest, circa 1915. The All-Steel Motor Car Company bought the Blees Carriage Company facility in 1915 to produce Macon automobiles but it was destroyed by fire on May 16, 1917. Prototype of the …
Fitzsimmons and Thomas Garage; 211 North Rollins Street; May 12, 1908. From left to right the automobiles shown are the Pope Toledo, Moon, Johnson and Ford. Originally built to be the Odd Fellows Hall, the building at 211 North Rollins housed the Fitzsimmons and Thomas Garage in 1908, the …
Macon County Motor Company Ford Dealership, 54 South Rollins Street, southwest corner of Rollins and Goggin Streets, looking southwest, 1950. Several bowling alleys occupied this location over the years. This photograph was taken during Missouri’s Liberty Bell reproduction tour. In 1950, the United States Department of the Treasury, with funding …
Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop B takes delivery of new 1933 Chevrolet patrol cars at A.J. Noll Motor Company, 200 block of East Bourke Street, 1933. On April 3, 1931, A.J. Noll, along with J.W. Nisbeth, purchased Smith’s Chevrolet franchise and Big 4 Trails Garage pictured here. A.J. …
Walls Motor Company’s Studebaker and Massey-Harris Dealership, 1607 North Missouri Street, 1954. Walls closed in 1960 and NAPA Auto Parts occupied this building for many years. Photo courtesy of Egidio Fraulini.
Garvin Motor Company, 1405 North Missouri Street, looking southeast, circa 1949. Photo courtesy of Robert Berti. Garvin Motor Company, 1405 North Missouri Street, looking east, 1951. Photo courtesy of Robert Berti. Macon Chronicle-Herald, Sept 8, 1943 Advertisement courtesy of Merlyn Amidei …
Walter’s third Service Garage, 101 Pearl Street, looking northwest, circa 1970s. Walter’s was a Studebaker dealer from 1960 until the company ended manufacturing in 1966, and then obtained the Chrysler-Plymouth-Dodge dealership. Photo courtesy of Layne Walter.