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1Title:  Frank C. Armstrong papers, 1898-1906 (bulk 1900-1906) Requires cookie*
 Accession:  1750 
 Creator:  Armstrong, Frank C., 1872-1936. 
 Abstract:  Frank Armstrong worked as a salesman, traveling field representative, and New York branch manager for the Electric Vehicle Company during the company's most ambitious and unsuccessful attempt to establish a monopoly in the automobile industry and in the market for taxicab service in major American cities. The papers are comprised of both Armstrong's business and personal papers and consist of correspondence, meeting minutes, financial statements, stock issues and general accounting information related to his career in the electric vehicle industry at the beginning of the twentieth century. Also included are materials related to several lawsuits Armstrong was involved in, his military records, and a small number of blueprint reproductions of several electric vehicles. 
 Subjects:  Armstrong, Frank C., 1872-1936. | Electric Vehicle Company (Hartford, Conn.) | Electric Vehicle Co. (New York, N.Y.) | Columbia and Electric Vehicle Co. (Hartford, Conn.) | Ansonia Motor Car Co. | New Jersey Electric Vehicle and Transportation Company. | New York Electric Vehicle Transportation Co. (New York, N.Y.) | Washington Electric Vehicle Transportation Company. | Columbia Automobile Company. | Riker Electric Motor Company. | Automobiles--Design and construction | Automobile industry and trade | Electric automobiles | Selling--Automobiles | Automobile dealers | Taxicabs | Used cars | Actions and defenses | Business records. | Blueprints (reprographic copies) | Financial records. | Photographs. | Product literature. 
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2Title:  Henry Austin Clark, Jr. papers, 1852-1990 (Bulk 1895-1979) Requires cookie*
 Accession:  1764 
 Creator:  Clark, Henry Austin Jr., 1917-1991 
 Abstract:  Personal papers and documents from car collector, museum owner and devotee of all things automobile, Henry Austin Clark, Jr. 
 Subjects:  Clark, Henry Austin, Jr. 1917-1991 | Bridgehampton Road Races Corporation | Long Island Automobile Museum | Antique and classic cars | Antique and classic motorcycles | Antique and classic trucks | Antique and classic tractors | Automobile racing drivers | Automobile racing fans | Automobile racing in art | Automobile travel | Automobiles, Collectors and collecting | Automobiles, Equipment and supplies | Automobiles, Exhibitions | Automobiles, Foreign | Automobiles, History | Automobiles, Museums | Automobiles, Parts | Automobiles, Racing | Automobiles, Restoration | Automobiles, Steam | Busses | Commercial vehicles | Long Island Motor Parkway (N.Y.) | Taxicabs | Transportation, automotive | Trucks | Black-and-white photographs | Copy prints | Photographs | Photograph albums | Scrapbooks | Posters 
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3Title:  Henry Austin Clark Jr. Photograph collection, 1853-1988 Requires cookie*
 Accession:  1774 
 Creator:  Clark, Henry Austin, Jr., 1917-1991 
 Abstract:  The photograph collection of Henry Austin Clark Jr. collector, museum owner and devotee, documents the history of the automobile in Europe and the United States. 
 Subjects:  Clark, Henry Austin, Jr., 1917-1991 | Long Island Automobile Museum | Vanderbilt Cup Race | Indianapolis Speedway Race | Transcontinental journeys, 1900-1910 | Agricultural machinery | Airplanes | Antique and classic cars | Antique and classic motorcycles | Antique and classic trucks | Antique and classic tractors | Automobile driving | Automobile industry executives | Automobile manufacturers | Automobile racing drivers | Automobile racing fans | Automobile racing in art | Automobile traveling | Automobiles, Collectors and collecting | Automobiles, Electric | Automobiles, Equipment and supplies | Automobiles, Exhibitions | Automobiles, Foreign | Automobiles, History | Automobiles, Museums | Automobiles, Parts | Automobiles, Racing | Automobiles, Restoration | Automobiles, Steam | Busses | Commercial vehicles | Long Island Motor Parkway (N.Y.) | Taxicabs | Transportation, automotive | Trucks | Black-and-white negatives | Black-and-white photographs | Color slides | Copy prints | Motion pictures (visual work) | Photographs | Photograph albums 
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