Wagon Factory

ID: 1950 ~ Source: SJCPL Local & Family History Business & Industry Archival Collection. https://michianamemory.sjcpl.org/digital/collection/p16827coll9/id/5737/rec/66 ~ Creator: Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company ~ Date: ca. 1882
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Wagon Factory

By the 1880s, the Studebakers had moved from their original shop to a large-scale production facility south of town and advertising efforts were in full swing.

This file appears in: Studebaker Plaza

By Ellen Anderson & Jacqueline Lopez
Studebaker Plaza, today a city-owned public space, serves as a reminder of the humble roots of South Bend's industrial age. The enormous Studebaker corporation grew from a small blacksmith shop established on the corner of Michigan Street and…