Those Cars of Auburn
Illustrated by Dan Lynch
Appropriate for all ages, 1987
A STRAIGHTFORWARD AND BREEZY ACCOUNT of how two brothers in Auburn, Indiana began building “horseless carriages” in their buggy factory in the early 1900s - and how an auto company was quickly born and then transformed with the help of a visionary businessman named E. L. Cord. The company eventually built some of the most handsome and best-engineered cars ever made. Today admirers of classy Auburns, Cords, and Duesenbergs pay homage to them by visiting the beautifully restored company headquarters, now a museum in Auburn, and by joining in the fun each Labor Day weekend when the “classic cars” go on parade.
(Left) Entrance to the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum, a plaque outside the museum, and a sculpture of E. L. Cord. (Above) A vintage photo of a 1910 Auburn automobile (courtesy William H. Willennar Genealogy Center, Eckhart Public Library).