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Weatherwax Gasoline Motor and Auto Accessory Company Papers
MS.1348  
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Description
The Weatherwax Gasoline Motor and Auto Accessory Company Papers contains correspondence, stock certificates, and legal documents related to financing and patenting the creation of an improved gasoline motor. A.L. Harris, the company's secretary and treasurer, is author of the bulk of the correspondence. The Papers also contains Harris' obituary and an article on a meteorite fall near Holbrook, Arizona.
Background
The Weatherwax Gasoline Motor and Auto Accessory Company was incorported in 1914. Its principle place of business was Phoenix, Arizona, although the prototyping of the Company's gasoline motor occured in Los Angeles, California.
Extent
1.2 Linear Feet (12 folders)
Restrictions
Copyright has not been assigned to the Autry Museum of the American West. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Research Services and Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Autry Museum of the American West as the custodian of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
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