These remarkable motor cars engendered such a loyal and faithful following that interest in these automobiles never died out. Many individuals continued to operate Franklins as their every day automobiles or preserved them right up to the emergence of the antique and classic hobby, decades after production ceased in 1934. The H. H. Franklin Manufacturing Company was a very large employer in Syracuse, New York area, its home base, and many people across the world had very fond associations with the company and its motor cars either as employees, dealers, service personnel or just loyal customers of that fine make.
Two Franklin autos, one barrel hoodOver 150 photographs from the Onondaga Historical Association (Syracuse, NY) Franklin Automobile Collection were scanned and described in the summer of 1997 with funding from a Library Services and Technology Grant through the Central New York Library Resources Council to be displayed on the CLRC.ORG web site. The photographs include selected images from the factory and production process, sales and advertising, and Franklin cars "on the road."
The photographs have been available as a searchable database on the WebZ Virtual Catalog section of the CLRC.ORG web site. Now, linked from the CLRC Region Digital Collections page, the photographs are easier to find.
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