On April 29, 2004, the last Oldsmobile came off the assembly
line at the Lansing Car Assembly plant in Michigan, signaling
the end of the 106-year-old automotive brand, America’s oldest.

The last 500 Aleros ever manufactured featured “Final 500″
emblems and were painted dark metallic cherry red.

In 1897, Ransom E. Olds (1864-1950), an Ohio-born engine
maker, founded the Olds Motor Vehicle Company in Lansing.

Along with Daimler and Peugeot, Oldsmobile was among the      
world’s oldest auto brands.

A dealer from Florida took home the last ever Oldsmobile 
built for $42,000, nearly double its original price.

Beverly Bolton looks for the signature of her son-in-law on
the hood of the last ever Oldsmobile.

Globe manufacturing has come a long way since the early 20th
century when globes were painstakingly crafted by hand.

A 1930’s Art Deco world  globe.

On October 5, 1919, a young Italian car mechanic and engineer
named Enzo Ferrari took part in his first car race, a hill climb in
Parma, Italy. He finished fourth. Ferrari was a good driver, but
not a great one: In all, he won just 13 of the 47 races he entered.

Many people say that this is because he cared too much for the
sports cars he drove: He could never bring himself to ruin an
engine in order to win a race.

In the mid-1920s, Ferrari retired from racing cars in order to
pursue his first love: building them.

      
Enzo Anselmo Giuseppe Maria Ferrari  (1898 – 1988)        
        
       

Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was an American
industrialist and business magnate. As founder of the Ford
Motor Company, he is credited as a pioneer in making cars 
affordable for middle-class Americans through the Fordism 
system.

Boeing was founded by William Boeing in Seattle, Washington,
on July 15, 1916.The present corporation is the result of the
merger of Boeing with McDonnell Douglas on August 1, 1997.

Then–chairman and CEO of Boeing, Philip M. Condit, assumed
those roles in the combined company, while Harry Stonecipher,
former CEO of McDonnell Douglas, became president and COO.    
                                                                                             

As of 2023, the Boeing Company’s corporate headquarters is
located in Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia^,   

      
    
    
    
    
 
William Edward Boeing
(October 1, 1881 – September 28, 1956)

After successfully building a float plane together
with Commander George Conrad Westerveldt,
William Boeing founded a new aircraft company
bearing his name. It was his intention for Boeing
Aircraft to fulfill a US Navy contract for seaplanes.