Historic Tulsa
An illustrated history of the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, paired with the histories of companies, families and organizations that make the region great.
An illustrated history of the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, paired with the histories of companies, families and organizations that make the region great.
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Right: Built in 1919, the Sinclair Building at<br />
Fifth and Main Streets was the<br />
headquarters for the billion-dollar oil<br />
company founded by Harry F. Sinclair.<br />
Below: Oklahoma’s first automobile<br />
manufacturing plant opened in 1912. The<br />
<strong>Tulsa</strong> Automobile Corporation, with T. J.<br />
Hartman as president, built a car called the<br />
“<strong>Tulsa</strong> Four,” because of its four-cylinder<br />
engine. In 1913, one of the cars finished<br />
ninth in the Indianapolis 500 auto race. The<br />
<strong>Tulsa</strong> Four was equipped with artillery-type<br />
wood wheels and eleven-inch fenders to<br />
protect the body. An advertisement boasted,<br />
“Note the graceful sweep of the full streamline<br />
body with double cowl and sloping<br />
louvered hood…Unusual leg room in the<br />
front seat and roomy comfort in the rear is<br />
apparent…The air of sturdiness and burly<br />
power is unmistakable.” The <strong>Tulsa</strong> Chamber<br />
of Commerce bought a touring model of the<br />
<strong>Tulsa</strong> Four. A plant fire in 1919 hampered<br />
the struggling company which folded after<br />
the 1923 model was produced.<br />
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