Roy D. Chapin: The Man Behind the Hudson Motor Car Company

List of Illustrations

ILLUSTRATIONS Facing Page ROY D. CHAPIN WITH CAMERA TITLE FRENCH LEGION OF H O N O R RECOGNIZES CHAPIN 6 SIXTH CONGRESS OF THE PERMANENT INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ROAD CONGRESSES 7 CHAPIN'S BIRTHPLACE 16 U.S. WEATHER BUREAU STAFF 17 CHAPIN AT TILLER OF OLDSMOBILE RUNABOUT 30 CHAPIN'S TELEGRAM TO THE OLDS M O T O R WORKS 31 CHAPIN APPOINTED MICHIGAN DELEGATE TO THE NATIONAL ROAD CONGRESS 40 CHAPIN AND MARK TWAIN 41 ORIGINAL AGREEMENT THAT STARTED CHAPIN'S CAREER AS AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURER 4 6 E. R. THOMAS-DETROIT COMPANY PARTNERS 47 OLD DETROIT NATIONAL BANK LOAN 56 E. R. THOMAS-DETROIT PLANT 57 THE CHALMERS-DETROIT MANAGEMENT 6$ CHALMERS-DETROIT ADVERTISEMENT IN MOTOR 69 H U D S O N PLANT ON MACK AVENUE 72 WORKFORCE OF H U D S O N 72 H U D S O N ADVERTISEMENT IN THE SATURDAY EVENING POST 73 HUDSON PRODUCTION, 1909 74 CHAPIN AND HUDSON "TWENTY" 75 CHAPIN WITH GLENN CURTISS 84 : ILLUSTRATIONS Facing Page CHAPIN IN AN EARLY WRIGHT AIRPLANE 85 CHAPIN AS HEAD OF HUDSON AT THIRTY 92 SATURDAY EVENING POST ADVERTISEMENT 93 SATURDAY EVENING POST ADVERTISEMENT 96 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES OF H U D S O N PLANT ON JEFFERSON AVENUE 97 H U D S O N MANAGEMENT 100 H U D S O N FACTORY IN 1912 101 CHAPIN WITHOUT EYEGLASSES 114 CHAPIN I N APRIL 1914 115 THE CHAPINS IN DECEMBER 1914 124 THE CHAPINS' FIRST HOUSE 125 MEXICAN MENU FROM SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 142 PANORAMA OF TRUCKS ALONG MEXICAN BORDER 143 CHAPIN APPOINTED TO HIGHWAYS TRANSPORT COMMITTEE 148 CHAPIN AS CHAIRMAN OF THE HIGHWAYS TRANSPORT COMMITTEE 149 HIGHWAYS TRANSPORT COMMITTEE 156 CHAPIN'S GOVERNMENT PAYCHECK 157 CHAPIN'S WORLD WAR I GOVERNMENT PASS 157 H I G H W A Y S C O M M I T T E E O F T H E N A T I O N A L A U T O M O B I L E C H A M B E R O F C O M M E R C E 186 1922 ESSEX C O A C H 187 I N V O C A T I O N AT T H E Z E R O M I L E S T O N E C E R E M O N I E S 196 CHAPIN WITH HIS MOTHER 197 THE CHAPIN HOME IN GROSSE POINTE FARMS 202 VESTIBULE IN THE CHAPIN HOME 203 PRESIDENT COOLIDGE ACKNOWLEDGES CHAPIN'S AID 206 CHAPIN AND ESSEX COACH 207 CHAPIN, BY PIRIE MACDONALD 208 ILLUSTRATIONS X I Facing Page H I G H W A Y E D U C A T I O N BOARD 209 A U T O M O B I L E DELEGATES I N C U B A 212 AUTOMOTIVE G R O U P AT T H E W H I T E H O U S E 213 C H A P I N W I T H PRESIDENT O F THE A M E R I C A N A U T O M O B I L E ASSOCIATION 216 A N N U A L D I N N E R O F T H E AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURERS 217 C H A P I N I N 1928 220 C H A P I N AND M O T O R MAGNATES CALL O N P R E S I D E N T H O O V E R 221 C H A P I N ' S FIFTIETH-BIRTHDAY-PARTY PROGRAM 222 C H A P I N W I T H C H I E F O F U.S. BUREAU O F P U B L I C R O A D S 223 A L L I E D AVIATION C O M M I S S I O N VISITS H U D S O N M O T O R C A R PLANT 224 C H A P I N W I T H B A R O N D E LA G R A N G E 225 A M E L I A EARHART AND TERRAPLANE 226 C H A P I N W I T H ORVILLE W R I G H T 227 C H A P I N S , EARHART, AND H U D S O...