Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum
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The Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum, in the University Circle neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, is part of the Western Reserve Historical Society. It was founded by industrialist Frederick C. Crawford of TRW and opened in 1965. The collection began as the Thompson Products Auto Album, also founded by Fred Crawford.[1]
Its eclectic collection of classic vehicles include a replica of 1890s Cleveland main street, antique carriages, early Harley Davidson motorcycles, a Willys Custom Sedan, and a P-51 Mustang racing plane used in the National Air Races. The oldest car in the collection is a 1897 Panhard et Levassor; the most modern car in the collection is a 2004 Chrysler PT Cruiser concept coupe.[2] As of 2009[update], the museum has 34 cars that are more than 100 years old, the largest such collection in the world.[3] One of the rarest cars in the collection is an aluminum bodied 1932 prototype Peerless designed by Frank Hershey, which was never put into production and was the last passenger vehicle made in Cleveland.
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- ^ "The Thompson Products Auto Album". Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum. http://www.wrhs.org/index.php/crawford/Thomson. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
- ^ "Crawford Automobile Collection". Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum. http://www.wrhs.org/index.php/crawford/Search_Collections/Auto_Collection. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
- ^ O'Malley, Michael (2008-11-30). "Crawford museum plans 100th birthday party for four cars -- including a Model T". The Plain Dealer, (Cleveland, Ohio). http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/11/crawford_museum_plans_100th_bi.html. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
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