By 1920 there were 7.5 million cars and trucks in the United States.
The automobile industy was promoting the building of highways and the
use of automobiles was beginning to have an affect on railroads.
"The motor car is the new transit power of the country, to which
the time of the individual and the handling of short haul freight has
been attuned. From comparative toy or novelty it has become a necessity,
as evidenced by the tabulation of its users as presented herein."
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Statistics |
| 1920 |
Cover |
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Facts and Figures of the Automobile Industry
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
originals documents at Cleveland
Public Library
no copyright date found on publication
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| 1920 |
01 |
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Introduction |
| 1920 |
20 |
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Motor Vehicle Registration 1914-1919 |
| 1920 |
21 |
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Total Gross Vehicle Revenues 1914-1919 |
| 1920 |
36 |
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Ratio of Motor Vehicles to Population in the United States |
| 1920 |
37 |
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Persons Per Car - by State (1 in 10 Ohioans has a car)
Cities with the Greatest Relative Number of Cars (Cleveland is 7th) |
| 1920 |
48-9 |
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Map - World Registration of Cars Proportional to Population |
| 1920 |
66 |
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Map - Proposed National Highways |
| 1920 |
67 |
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State and County Highway Unexpended Bond Issues
Proposed National Highway System |
| 1921 |
08 |
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Truck Production by Capacities |
| 1921 |
09 |
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Motor Vehicle Factories by State
Railroad Freight Car Load Shipments from Automobile Factories |
| 1921 |
12 |
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Chart - Enough Oil for 144 Years |
| 1921 |
13 |
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Fuel Supply Exceeds Consumption in 1920
Rubber Production |
| 1921 |
14 |
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Owners Say Cars Increase Efficiency by 57% |
| 1921 |
15 |
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Chart - Automobiles Aid All Occupations |
| 1921 |
16 |
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Chart - Where Cars Are |
| 1921 |
17 |
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Farmer-Owned Passenger Cars |
| 1921 |
20 |
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Chart - City Government Use of Passenger Cars
Telephone Companies Use Thousands of Cars |
| 1921 |
21 |
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Motor Bus Use in 1200 Rural Schools
Picture - School Before and After the Coming of the Car |
| 1921 |
28 |
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Map - Motor Trucks Lines Moving Freight Between Eight Railroads Entering
Cincinnati |
| 1921 |
29 |
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Motor Trucks Save Time and Money Over Rail Service on Short Haul
Routes |
| 1921 |
80 |
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Picture - Definition of Body Styles |
| 1921 |
81 |
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Picture - Definition of Body Styles |
| 1922 |
30 |
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Short Line Railroads Using Motor Buses With Flanged Wheel Equipment
Quote - Effect of Motor Transport on RR Securities |
| 1922 |
31 |
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Motor Express Lines Listed by States
Map - Principal Motor Transport Lines |
| 1922 |
32 |
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Map - 90 Motor Bus Lines in Maryland
Electric Railways Operating Motor Buses |
| 1922 |
33 |
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Map - Traffic Map of Maryland
Electric Railways Operating Motor Buses - Continued |
| 1922 |
34 |
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108 U.S. Cities Using Motor Bus Lines |
| 1922 |
35 |
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Statistics of the Road Building Industry
Motor Trucks Reduce Farm Costs |
| 1925 |
50 |
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How Railroads Profit From the Automobile Industry |
| 1925 |
51 |
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Chart - One Railroad's Contribution to and Benefits from the Highways
Federal Aid Highway Payments 1917 - 1925 |
| 1927 |
24 |
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Map - Main Transcontinental Highway Routes |
| 1927 |
25 |
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Miles of Highway in U.S. by State
Indiana Has Most Surfaced Roads - Ohio Second |
| 1927 |
26 |
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Federal Highway System of the U.S.
Percentage of Interstate Traffic on State Highway Systems |
| 1927 |
27 |
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Federal Aid Highway Projects Completed During Calendar Year 1926
Graph - City Cars Main Users of State Highways |
| 1927 |
28 |
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Map - Heavy Intercity Travel in Ohio Survey |
| 1927 |
29 |
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Motor Vehicle Taxes in 1926 |
| 1927 |
38 |
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Number and % of Telephones, Pianos, Radios, Phonographs and Cars
based on population of residence
Automobile Use Greatest in Small Towns |
| 1927 |
39 |
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2,700,000 Two-Car Families in U.S.
Typical Reasons for Multiple Car Ownership |
| 1927 |
64 |
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Map - Tonnage Hauled into Columbus, Ohio
Trucks Lead on Short Hauls |
| 1927 |
65 |
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Motor Truck Fleets in the U.S. |
| 1927 |
66 |
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Leading Truck Fleets in the U.S.A. |
| 1927 |
67 |
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Truck and Rail Rates in Furnature Hauling
Gains in Haulage of Livestock by Motor Truck |
| 1927 |
74 |
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Railroads Using Motor Trucks |
| 1927 |
75 |
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60 Steam Railroads Use Buses
California Points Served by Pickwick Motot Stages and Railroads |
| 1930 |
14 |
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Automobile Markets 1917 - 1929 Foreign/Domestic/Replacement/New
Graph - Average Life of Car 6 3/4 Years |
| 1930 |
15 |
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Motor Vehicle Registrations 1895 - 1929
57% of Cars in Towns Under 10,000 Population |