Mansell Hackett purchased the Argo Motor Company in 1917 and established the Hackett Motor Car Company. Located in Jackson, Michigan, the company produced a line of touring cars and roadsters until 1918, at which time the company was moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan and became the Lorraine Motors Corporation.
from http://www.shorpy.com/
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The Argo Auto, never heard of it
1909 Babcock electric brougham... looks like a mechanized stage coach to me
Above is the factory brochure image, below is the corner of the street photo from Shorpy
Canadian colonization advertising vehicle... looking like a streetcar on a truck chassis
Seems the big wide open plains of the Candian west needed farmers, and they used this to spread the word. Just study that box of a body and let me know if it's anything but a one off single purpose built vehicle
from http://www.shorpy.com/
Unusual rail road crossing sign, ever see one that says "Look out for the cars" ?
1939 photo above, below is one of the traffic signal towers I've been posting, it's from a 1918 photo
photos from http://www.shorpy.com/
7 Hp Duryea was the first automobile attempt to drive from coast to coast, in 1899
Above are a couple of guys with a REO Mountaineer, 1906... and have nothing but the similar cross country in an early car rlevance, to this story that follows (photo from http://www.shorpy.com/node/8903?size=_original )after the Louise and John Davis car with the backing of two newspapers left New York City they had about made it to Syracuse, and were passed by a one armed bicyclist that had left new York City 10 days after the car had.
Winton tried it 2 years later in May of 1901, but only made it 530 miles from San Fran in route to New York when he was hopelessly stuck in a sand drift
Winton tried it 2 years later in May of 1901, but only made it 530 miles from San Fran in route to New York when he was hopelessly stuck in a sand drift
I often come across photos that I add to posts with similar items... but this time I'll just post the new stuff and links to where they would go
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search?q=weasel
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/12/photos-of-unusual-from-days-gone-by.html
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/03/few-more-from-shorpy.html
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search/label/Disney
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/10/chuck-yeager-american-hero-drove-hot.html
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/01/ms-linda-and-damn-big-shifter.html and http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/05/ms-hurst-linda-vaughn-and-chrysler-300.html 
All those labels under these posts, and in the long column (about 1000) are there to help me, and you, find the stuff you are looking for. They sure help me find the things I recall having posted before, so I can add photos like these to the posts I want them in, or want to let you know where you can find similar things.
photos from http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585&page=270
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