Tucker Luggage, 1948
notes: label: Description
content: In the late 1940s, Preston Tucker introduced a novel car with advanced safety features and futuristic styling. The Tucker Corporation obtained a factory and raised start-up money by selling stock and dealer franchises. Consumers purchased Tucker car radios and luggage as a way to reserve a car. This luggage was owned by Carl Woerz, a prospective Tucker dealer in Reno, Nevada. Tucker’s unorthodox fundraising methods caused the federal government to investigate his corporation on suspicion of fraud. Lawsuits and a grand jury indictment further eroded confidence. Tucker lost his factory and his dream of mass-producing “the first totally new car in 50 years.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
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content: Transportation
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content: Road Transportation
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of H. Marian Woerz
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2009.0125.02
label: catalog number
content: 2009.0125.02
label: accession number
content: 2009.0125
objectType: label: Object Name
content: suitcase
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 in x 8 in x 21 in; 38.1 cm x 20.32 cm x 53.34 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 in x 20 7/8 in x 7 3/4 in; 38.1 cm x 53.0225 cm x 19.685 cm