Transportation

A Duesenberg J Murphy Convertible Coupe in front of Fred and August Duesenberg’s house of birth, located in Kirchheide, Germany,…

A Duesenberg Model J La Grande being displayed at an auto show.

The Model J embodied the lavish styling that Errett Lobban Cord envisioned for Duesenberg automobiles.

The famous Duesenberg straight eight on display in a dealership window, ca. 1920-1930.

Fred Duesenberg showing movie star Dorothy Sebastian a Model J Duesenberg, ca. 1929.

Example of an early refrigerated trailer.

The F. Reyher Nchfg. ship chandlery, owned by Karl Tede Sr., Dieter Tede’s grandfather. The photo shows the original offices…

Fairmont Bridge, original piers and 1912 superstructure, Fairmont, WV, photograph by William E. Barrett, 1972

Example of a Fink through-truss bridge, Flemington, NJ, built in 1857-1858.

Fire engine built for George Rapp by Pat Lyon.

The first semi-trailer produced by the Fruehaufs.

Demonstration of a hydraulic lift gate on a Fruehauf trailer.

The new Fruehauf wagon, carriage, and automobile shop on Gratiot Avenue, Detroit.

By the time Emil Boas joined his uncle’s emigrant agency in 1873, the business model of cheaply transporting large numbers…

Green River Bridge designed by Albert Fink, partially destroyed during Civil War, from Harper's Weekly, January 4, 1862

Built in 1953, the Gustav Pintor was one of the first vessels chartered by the newly-formed company in 1957.

For many of HAPAG’s steamship passengers, New York City was just a stop along the way to their final destination.…

Weyerhaeuser’s neighbor on Summit Hill Road in St. Paul was James J. Hill, the director of the Northern Pacific Railroad…