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Randall A. Palmer Category: Person Description: Commonly known as R.A. Palmer, he was a automobile pioneer in Pontiac, Michigan. He founded the Pontiac Chassis Co. was a manager for Cartercar. He purchased the surplus Cartercar factory after General Motors purchased the marque and shut it down, and founded the Olympian Motors Company there. Page Sections: Images ยท Article Index |
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Subject: R.A. Palmer
Source: The New York Times, 27 October 1907 40KB |
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| 27 October 1907 | MOTORING AN AID TO HEALTH The automobile has saved our Nation from becoming a race of weaklings. Brown-skinned, hardy-fleshed men at desks are the rule to-day. Where do they acquire this health? Motoring. | Commentary (text) Publisher: The New York Times Byline: R.A. Palmer |
| 3 January 1909 | HOW FRICTION DRIVE WAS DEVELOPED The history of the improvement of every mechanical invention or device is the history of its simplification. From crude beginnings with many parts they have been brought to common things that every one can understand with little difficulty. | News Article (text) Publication: The New York Times Byline: R.A. Palmer Topic: Cartercar |