1913 Automobile PIONEER Walter P. Chrysler SIGNED Buick Motor Car Co. DOCUMENT

Description

- 1913 “BUICK MOTOR COMPANY” Document -
- Document Genuinely SIGNED by Walter P. Chrysler -
- Chrysler Signs as Buick’s “WORKS MANAGER” -
VERY RARE and authentic
two-page
(separate pages)
Walter P. Chrysler SIGNED “Buick Motor Company” DOCUMENT
.   Document is
dated
October 1st 1913
and is
genuinely SIGNED “W. P. Chrysler” at the bottom of page two, as “WORKS MANAGER”
.   Under the heading “STANDARD PRACTICES”, the document specifies – “The Method of Issuing Shop Orders And Returning or Replacing Defective Material”.
Chrysler’s signature is extremely difficult to find on early “Buick Motor Company” material
, especially this early in his career (38 years old), only TWO years after he entered the automotive industry.
WALTER PERCY CHRYSLER (1875 - 1940)
was an American automotive pioneer who founded the Chrysler Corporation.  He began working as an apprentice machinist and mechanic for several railroads.  The pinnacle of his RR career was achieved as the “Works Manager” for the Allegheny locomotive shops of the American Locomotive Company in Pittsburg.  Chysler’s automobile career began in 1911 when he met with Charles W. Nash, the President of Buick Motor Company.  Walter accepted a job as production chief or “Works Manager” of the Buick factory in Flint, Michigan and undertook major efforts to cut production costs.  When William C. Durant regained control of General Motors in 1916, he convinced Chrysler to remain with Buick Motorcar for three years at a salary of ,000 a month.  After 3 years, Chrysler resigned his position as General Motors Vice President of Operations and sold his GM stock for million.   He was then hired to reverse the fortunes of the Willys-Overland Motor Company, at a salary of million a year for two years.  Chrysler left Willys in 1919 and acquired an interest in the struggling Maxwell Motor Company.  Chrysler founded the Chrysler Corporation in 1925 and absorbed Maxwell into the new company.  He purchased Dodge Brothers in 1928 and created the Plymouth and DeSoto brand names.  Chrysler was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in 1967.
CONDITION:
both pages of the document measure about 9 ¼ x 11 ¼ inches in size EACH and are in EXCELLENT original condition.  There are NO folds or tears, with the exception of a tiny loss of paper in the upper right corner tip of page one.  There are also two punch holes along the left border of both pages, likely the result of being filed in a Buick Motor Car Company factory binder at that time (see SCANS).
The
signature / autograph of WALTER P. CHRYSLER is guaranteed authentic
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