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This is a photograph of the wiring and final assembly line at the Jones Motor Car Company in Wichita, Kansas. The company was founded in 1914 by John J. Jones and manufactured about 3000 units between 1914 and 1921. The Jones Six model vehicles in this image were seven-passenger touring cars. The company went bankrupt in 1921, ceased production, and was liquidated by creditors.
Date: Between 1917 and 1921
Item Number: 215231
Call Number: FK2.S3 W.3 MA.JON *18
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 215231
Business and Industry - Automotive - Production
Collections - Photograph
Curriculum - The Kansas Journey - Chapter 9: Kansas Progresses into a New Century
Date - 1920s
Date - 1930s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Wichita
Places - Counties - Sedgwick
Thematic Time Period - Industrialization and the National Economy, 1870 - 1920
Thematic Time Period - The Twenties, 1920 - 1929
Transportation - Automobiles - Production - Jones
Type of Material - Photographs
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