IMMIGRANT ENTREPRENEURSHIP ABOUT US PROJECT TEAM PARTNERS CONTACT OVERVIEW BACKGROUND GLOSSARY RESOURCES PROJECT ARCHIVES LIBRARIES BIBLIOGRAPHIES REFERENCES RELATED PROJECTS VOLUMES THEMES REGIONS TEACHING TOOLS ESSAYS BROWSE FREDERICK DUESENBERG THE FOUNDERS AUTOMOBILES MOTORS IMMIGRATED TO THE UNITED YOUNG AGE SETTLED IOWA PARENTS DRAWN EVENTUALLY 1920S LUXURIOUS POWERFUL IMPRESSIVE SPEEDS AUTHOR ELISABETH MARSH MARCH 31 INTRODUCTION FAMILY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL STATUS CONCLUSION NOTES AUTOS SPEED BEHIND FAMOUS BROTHERS DIED FOCUS CONTEMPORARY WRITERS OPULENT TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED PUSHED THEMSELVES EMPLOYEES PURSUIT GREATER EFFICIENCY LOVE RACING BUILDING THINGS THEIR LIVES ETHNIC SEEN IMMIGRANTS WHETHER LIVING SMALL TOWN WORLD WAR GERMANS ABLE CREATE FOUNDATION SUCCESS THE VILLAGE PRINCIPALITY OF LIPPE SAMUEL SEVEN CHILDREN CONRAD BROTHER SECOND SON THREE GIRLS FRED AUGIE FRIENDS AND FAMILY YEARS LATER FATHER HENRY TRAVELED THE UNITED STATES WORK SALESMAN LOCAL SOLD FARM LIPPE THE REST JOIN ONCE THE UNITED ACRES FLOYD CITY OF THE SALE THE ONLY ONES LEFT SETTLING YOUNGEST DAUGHTER LIVED LENA ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE THE BROTHERS MARRIED GERTRUDE YOUNG WOMAN WHOM BICYCLE SHOP ISLE DENNY THE TOWN INVOLVED AUTOMOTIVE BUSINESS TRIED AUTOMOBILE ADDITION NEPHEWS INDIANAPOLIS HELP PREPARE THE CARS GOING TO FRANCE RACE FRENCH GRAND PRIX LE MANS REMEMBERS HOURS SPENT THE SHOP MEET SHIPPING VEHICLES REFUSED LONGER DRIVEN NINE WAVE IMMIGRATION GERMANY PERIOD 1880S NEW IMMIGRATION SOUTHERN AND EASTERN EUROPE CATHOLIC JEWISH TO COME SETTLE URBAN CENTERS ADVANTAGE LABOR NEEDS SAVED ENOUGH SEND FAMILY MEMBERS MUCH MORE IN COMMON GERMAN IMMIGRANTS TO THE UNITED 1900S SUFFICIENT AVAILABLE ENTIRE SAME TIME RATHER BULK ENTERING NEARLY PEOPLE ENTRANCE NUMBERS DRAMATICALLY ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL SITUATION LABORERS BOYS PUBLIC SCHOOL THE EIGHTH GRADE LEARNED ENGLISH QUICKLY COMMON CHILDREN SUBSEQUENTLY PUBLIC ELDER TWO BY THREE MECHANICAL APTITUDE LEAVING THE FAMILY MECHANIC DEALER THE AGE REPAIRING BROKEN FARM EQUIPMENT OPENING SHOP IN POINT DISCOVERED WORLD RECORDS DEVELOPED MARKETING PLAN SELLING BICYCLES SERVE BELIEVED BICYCLE RACES WINNING INTEREST SHOP THE HISTORIAN DON BUTLER THE HISTORY OF THE END NAME PROBABLY NEIGHBORING BICYCLE RACING THE SERVICES RENDERED CURING MECHANICAL CORRESPONDENCE COURSE FOREMOST RANDY OF EDUCATION RURAL SKILLS PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE APPRENTICESHIPS TYPE MECHANICAL WORK TRANSPORTATION RAPID CHANGE THE GILDED AGE SHARING THE ROAD HORSES INNOVATIONS TECHNOLOGY AS PEOPLE EXPERIMENT THE IDEA ENGINES POWER LEG HORSE POWER PASSION MOINES WISCONSIN WORK IN THOMAS JEFFERY MACHINIST THE FIRST AUTO REPAIR GARAGE THE OTHER MECHANICAL SYSTEMS CHENEY GROCERY AGENTS RAMBLER MARION THE GARAGE INSPIRED SPEED RECORDS WANTED ORDER NEED TO FIND SOMEONE LAWYER EDWARD MASON SONS DINNER IDEAS AUTOMOBILE DESIGN ASKED DRAW TO DO MECHANICAL DRAWING COURSE THE INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE BUTLER THE ONLY EDUCATION LEFT SCHOOL MUST LIKED THE CAPITAL NECESSARY PRODUCE START THE AUTOMOBILE BUSINESS THE FIELD HUNDREDS FIRMS DEVELOP REFINE THE AMERICAN THE BIG THREE GENERAL BEGIN SMALLER INDEPENDENT PRODUCERS DYING COMPETE APPEAR PURSUED SCHOOLING APPEARS FOCUSED HIMSELF INS AND OUTS TRADE DIRECTORY MOTORCYCLE STAGE FACT OPERATE PARTNERSHIP FUNDS THE VARIOUS EVENTS PARTS PRAGMATISM TEMPERED ENTHUSIASM EMERGING AUTOMOTIVE SUPPORT WIFE MOTOR COMPANY BORE LITTLE APPETITES FASTER CUSTOMER PURCHASE FASTEST CAR IN AMERICA SMALL CAR MAKER BIT EXCHANGE NEW INDUSTRY THE CAR HIS FAVORITE KIND STRENGTH DURABILITY CHOSE CLIMBING METHOD POPULAR AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURERS SHOWCASE DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE THE STATE CAPITOL BUILDING PROTOTYPE CAR FLIGHTS STEPS HEADING BACKING UP JULY 4TH CONTEST AUTOMOBILE CLUB PROTOTYPE ONLY WON THE CLASS EVENT CLASS SO ON HILL PUBLIC INTEREST SALES PLANT CAPITAL STOCK PRINCIPAL NEW COMPANY SENATOR SECOND GENERATION MANUFACTURER FARM MACHINERY WASHING MACHINES MAYTAG PARTED PATTERN MAKER DESIGN TURNED CONTROL ROLE SECTION THE PLANT WATERLOO RACING CARS FOUR CYLINDER TWO CYLINDER PREVIOUSLY INCREASE THE SPEED MARKS THE FIRST YEAR THE INDIANAPOLIS 500 RUNNING ONE YEAR OWNERS INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY HOSTING LENGTH SIZE SPECTATORS ATTENDANCE MECHANICAL FAILURE THE ENGINES THE SPOTLIGHT MARKED FINANCIAL ENDING PRODUCTION MARINE ENGINES CONTRACT CHICAGO ENGINE PLANNED RUN IN THE BRITISH INTERNATIONAL TROPHY OUTBREAK OF WORLD WAR CANCELED THE RACE NEITHER COMPLETION THE CONTRACT CAPITAL CONTINUE THE TWIN CITIES AREA MINNEAPOLIS THE BOAT ON THEIR OWN THIS TIME ESSENTIAL THE WAR PATROL BOATS WHOSE PURPOSE WAS TO SPOT THE GERMAN SUBMARINES HAVOC PERCENT AMERICAN RACE TRACKS THE PRESIDENT MERGER MEAN MONEY GIVE UP PRESIDENT OF THE MERGER BE IN BEST INTEREST MERGED CHIEF ENGINEER ASSISTANT MARINE ENGINE NEW YORK DEVELOPMENT OF AIRCRAFT ENGINES TOP PRIORITY WAR AIRPLANE IN THE SUMMER DEFENSE ONLY JUST BEGUN FORTY ARMISTICE PLACE TO PLACE DESIRE ENGINEERS COMPANIES ADVANTAGEOUS TERMS PARTNERSHIPS ADVANTAGES FINA