RUTH McEVOY COLLECTION - Genesee County

23 West Main. 2-4-1928Burt Welch sells Buick Agency to Mancusos. 7-19-1928County has 12,683 autos registered. 8-7-1928C. L. Branche & Sons give up Hudson-Essex agency. Still agents forHupmobile - 21 West Main. 8-11-1928Batavia Auto Dealers Assn. Holding show at Ortuer's Showrooms, 564 E.Main. 1-22-1929First Auto Show opens, 564 East Main - pictures of dealers. Whole section. 1-23-1929Drivers must carry identification cards. 4-18-1929First automobile seen in Batavia May 23, 1899 at 11:45am. Driven byAlexander Winton, then as now head of the Winton Motor Car Companyof Cleveland. When auto reached village, speeded up - when hitcrosswalks both passengers catapulted in air - took 55 minutes,Corfu to Batavia 5-23-1899. 5-23-1929Junked cars deposited in Creek a serious problem. 6-13-1929H. W. Peters open Oldsmobile salesroom on 48-51 West Main St. 11-9-1929Parker Terry to sell Cord on Clinton Street. 11-9-1929RUTH McEVOY COLLECTIONSUBJECT TEXT DATEAutomobiles (cont) Automobile section - Athoe opening. 11-20-1929E. W. Kirby now has Chevrolet franchise - at 237 West Main - where Athoestarted. Capitalized at $50,000. Louis A. Shaw, John C. Seider,Harold Athoe among incorporators. 12-12-1929Second annual Auto Show at Ortner Bldg. - William F. Brown, president.Dominic Mancuso, v. president. Almost 50 latest cars. 562 E. Main. 1-29-1930Car show to be open on Sunday. 1-31-1930Car show closes tomorrow. 2-1-1930Chevrolet agency from S & S Agency to Louis Gates. (L. A. Shaw andJohn C. Snyder) 4-25-1930Burt Welch has 1907 Buick with all original equipment - still runs. 2-18-1933Brayley Motors, West Main, Lafayette dealer. B. W. Welch - Pontiac, Buick.Funke & Hawley - Plymouth, Dodge. Mancuso Chevrolet Dealer,214 East Main - Chevrolet. Athoe - Ford. George Smith Motors -Plymouth, Chrysler. Charles Mancuso & Son - ? 1-14-1935Paragraph on Winton auto here 1899. 8-22-1936Don Morse, holder of world championship long distance record begins 100hrdrive 4pm Saturday. 5-22-1937Large number saw end of drive by Don Morse of Boston. 6-1-1937First automobile remembered. Drove from Cleveland to Buffalo between7am and 9pm on May 22, 1899. 5-23-1939Car of tomorrow built by Charles D. Thomas. 5-7-1940Picture: 1904 Maxwell still being driven by Kenneth Howard. 9-17-1947Six local boys building model automobile for Fisher Body contest. 2-7-1948Old autos passing through town - one Stanley Steamer halted by tanktrouble - picture. 9-15-1951State now requires inspection of automobiles, to cost $1.50. 11-14-1956At one time there were three makes of horseless carriages made here. 8-30-1959First auto a one-cylinder by Paige, went to Rochester with it Aug. 9, 1900. 12-20-1949Robert Cooley also said to have made first car in 1900 - also one-cylinder.In 1901 he and Tomlinson copied car Tomlinson had bought in May 1900,rebuilt engine into a steamer. Ran 5 miles in trial Sept. 25, 1900.