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Contributing Institution:
Library and Archives at the Autry
Title: Weatherwax Gasoline Motor and Auto Accessory Company Papers
Creator:
Harris, Archie Lee
Identifier/Call Number: MS.1348
Physical Description:
1.2 Linear Feet
(12 folders)
Date (inclusive): 1912 - 1922
Language of Material:
English
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Weatherwax Gasoline Motor and Auto Accessory Company Papers, 1912 - 1922, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS. 1348; [folder number]
[folder title][date].
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.
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.
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Phoenix (Ariz.)
Arizona
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Automobiles