52 Weeks of Community Memories, Part 4 : High Point Historical Society celebrates 50 years
VE Exhibit Label 2:
Now known world-wide for their school buses, Thomas Built Buses started in High Point as the P.A. Thomas Car Works in 1916, manufacturing electric streetcars for many American cities. The photograph shows one of the "Detroit" style models, manufactured in the 1920s for the city of Detroit, Michigan, one of six designs Thomas Car Works assured buyers would be "the finest car their money can buy."

This photograph appeared in The High Point Enterprise on Monday, October 3, 2016.

Object ID:
1998.028.703
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