FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:December 18, 2009 Media Contacts:Scot KellerChief Marketing & Communications Officer,LeMay Museum253-722-8490scot.keller@lemaymuseum... Read More
(Tacoma, WA) – LeMay recently secured yet another Official Provider in the effort to build AMERICA’S CAR MUSEUM. Buffalo Restorations of Puyallup, Washington recently increased their sponsorship pledge which includes operating support and an in-kind contribution of collection maintenance and restoration services over a five year period... Read More
(Tacoma, WA) – LeMay - America’s Car Museum announced a flexible new way for supporters to back the Museum. Named Adopt-an-Auto, the program is built around three donor levels designed to offer benefactors a broad range of adoption choices... Read More
(Tacoma, WA) – LeMay - America’s Car Museum continues to build momentum as the Museum recently appointed two new directors to the board at the board meeting held on September 11, 2009. Moray Callum, Executive Director of Ford America Design and Richard Davis, President and CEO of Standard Parts Corporation were both named to the LeMay Museum board of directors during the meeting... Read More
(Tacoma, WA) – In a further step toward fulfilling their mission to create America’s Car Museum, the LeMay Museum Board of Directors has appointed JTM Construction as the general contractor to oversee the construction of their new museum complex in downtown Tacoma. David L... Read More
Fresh from it’s world debut at the 2009 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, the Spyker C8 Aileron will be on display at the Bonhams & Butterfields Collector Car Sale to benefit LeMay - America’s Car Museum September 11 and 12, 2009. Spyker Cars, the maker of high-end, handcrafted sports cars will be bringing two additional cars to be displayed at the auction in addition to the Spyker C8 Aileron... Read More
Tacoma-based car condo developer and “Man-Cave” builder, GaragePlus, is now recognized as LeMay - America’s Car Museum’s “Official Car Storage Center” as they recently became a Concours Club – Trophy level sponsor of the Museum. The agreement includes $100,000 in cash support and cross promotional opportunities... Read More
(Tacoma, WA) – For the 32nd year, LeMay – America’s Car Museum® will host their Annual LeMay Car Show & Auction at Marymount Academy and the LeMay grounds in Tacoma, Washington on Saturday, August 29, 2009. Visitors will see over 1,000 different vintage, specialty automobiles, trucks and motorcycles from the LeMay Collection, plus hundreds of local collector cars and other unique vehicles... Read More
(Tacoma, WA) – SiteCrafting, Inc., a Tacoma-based web application and development company, now recognized as the Museum’s “Official Website Provider,” recently upgraded their sponsorship with America’s Car Museum® to a pledge of $100,000... Read More
(Tacoma, WA) -- LeMay – AMERICA'S CAR MUSEUM® is proud to announce the recent Club Auto “Founding” sponsorship from Motorsports Media Group, Inc., a media company whose productions include Race Central TV, Race Central Radio and Race Central Webcasts based out of Denver, Colorado... Read More
(Tacoma, WA) - LeMay – AMERICA’S CAR MUSEUM® is pleased to welcome Neal Dempsey to the Board of Directors. Mr... Read More
(Tacoma, WA) - LeMay – America’s Car Museum is proud to welcome Motor Trend Magazine’s Executive Editor, Matt Stone to the Steering Committee. Mr... Read More
LeMay – America’s Car Museum® is pleased to announce the recent award of $4,800 provided by the Collectors Foundation of Traverse City, Michigan for the internship in the Collection Management department for Summer 2009. Currently, LeMay has chosen Heath Goering as the Conservator Assistant... Read More
At its spring meeting on May 8th, LeMay’s Board of Directors approved the Museum’s financing plan and elected to move forward to prepare for an anticipated fall ground breaking for construction of the new LeMay–America’s Car Museum in Tacoma. The Board made the decision to move forward based on a review of the Museum’s funding plan... Read More
Posted in the News Tribune by C.R Roberts @ 06:11:25 pm Without actually announcing a date, this is about as close as you can get to the news that the LeMay Automobile Museum will break ground in Tacoma within the next four months... Read More
Tacoma clears way for LeMay museum financing Jason Hagey Tacoma council members provided a big octane boost Tuesday for the long-planned LeMay Automobile Museum. Council members approved a resolution clearing the way for the museum to apply for a $3... Read More
C.R ROBERTS; The News TribuneLast updated: April 23rd, 2009 06:27 AM (PDT) A dozen people spoke their minds at a Tacoma City Council public hearing Tuesday night... Read More
THE NEWS TRIBUNE Published: 04/21/09 12:05 am The LeMay Automobile Museum had a very bad 2008. But it looks to have a very good 2009... Read More
New York International Automobile Show director Candida Romanelli was named 'Woman of the Year' at the seventh annual Top Women in Business Networking Awards Dinner in New York City. Romanelli, an active member of the Museum's Board of Directors, is an eighteen-year veteran of the Greater New York Automobile Dealers Association (GNYADA) and the director of the New York International Auto Show, North America's oldest and largest attended automotive exhibition... Read More
The LeMay Automobile Museum is more than $7 million short in its effort to build what supporters call America's Car Museum and it's seeking federal money to get the project under way in 2009.The News Tribune reports Museum officials must certify by the end of this year that it has the financial resources to construct the project under an agreement with the City of Tacoma... Read More
Last week at the New York International Auto Show, we held a drawing for a Griot's Garage Car Care Kit, a family membership valued at $75 and an individual membership valued at $50. The winners are: 1st Place Winner for the Griot's Garage Kit is Robert Foster... Read More
Vistors tour the LeMay in Tacoma. The extensive car museum is expanding this year... Read More
We are now seeking additional cars for consignment to this sale. Bonhams & Butterfields has agreed to donate a percentage of their fee to benefit the Museum, so please contact consignments for more information... Read More
Griot's Garage, the Official Car Care Products Supplier of America's Car Museum, has featured the Museum on their website . ... Read More
We’ve got a new addition at the Museum at Marymount, and it’s another great reason to come out and visit the Museum (we’re open year-round Tuesday through Saturday, and Sundays in the summer-time, too!) The new “American Dream” Photo Car Display was acquired in February 2009... Read More
At its January 16th meeting, the Board of Directors - noting that the funding gap for the new museum had been narrowed significantly over the past year - unanimously and enthusiastically authorized the Museum to apply for its building permits. The Board also authorized the Museum to secure a final construction contract and begin the certification process with the City of Tacoma to close on its land option... Read More
Remember field trips? Back when we were in school, they provided much-needed breaks from the daily routine, a chance to escape the school grounds and take a great adventure with our peers ... Read More
Not many people are buying new cars these days, but folks visiting the LeMay Museum love the old ones as much as ever.And there is a lot to love at this sprawling museum at the old Marymount Academy ... Read More
(Tacoma, WA) - LeMay – America’s Car Museum® is pleased to announce a five year agreement with Bonhams & Butterfields to create the first annual Bonhams & Butterfields sale to be held in conjunction with the 2009 Kirkland Concours d’Elegance. This will be the area’s first major predominantly “no reserve” auction, planned at the newly-renovated Hotel Murano in downtown Tacoma and will feature primarily “never-before offered” cars from the famous LeMay Collection... Read More
(Tacoma, WA) - LeMay – America’s Car Museum® is pleased to announce a multi-year sponsorship pledge from Trio a.ds... Read More
(Tacoma, WA) - America’s Car Museum® is pleased to announce the recent founding sponsorship commitment of Club Auto Colorado by AAA Colorado. Club Auto Colorado is one of two satellite facilities of the Museum and is located in Lakewood, Colorado, just outside of Denver... Read More
(Tacoma, WA) - America’s Car Museum®, Clover Park Technical College and Flex-a-lite Inc. announce a collaboration to modify a stock 1970 Dodge Charger from the LeMay collection... Read More
(Tacoma, WA) – America’s Car Museum is proud to name Candida Romanelli to its Board of Directors. Romanelli has served on the Museum’s Steering Committee for over a year and was elected to the Board of Directors during the board meeting earlier this month... Read More
(Tacoma, WA) - LeMay – America’s Car Museum® is proud to announce that AAA Washington has pledged $1.6 million for the Museum’s proposed building to be located adjacently to the Tacoma Dome... Read More
August 29, 2008 David Madeira President & CEO LeMay — America’s Car Museum PO Box 1117 Tacoma, WA 98411 Dear David, I am proud to lend my support to exciting opportunities LeMay — America’s Car Museum will provide our region. Harold and Nancy’s unique collection will go a long way to continuing Tacoma’s renaissance while enhancing Tacoma and Pierce County’s wealth of activities and destination places... Read More
LeMay – America’s Car Museum® will hold the 31st Annual LeMay Museum Car Show & Auction presented by AAA Washington at the Marymount Academy and the LeMay grounds in Tacoma, WA on Saturday, August 30, 2008 from 9am to 5pm. Visitors will be able to see over 1,000 vintage, classic and specialty automobiles, trucks, and motorcycles from the LeMay Collection, plus hundreds of local collector cars... Read More
(Tacoma, WA) - LeMay – America’s Car Museum® is pleased to announce the recent pledge of $200,000 from Harry Delaloye of Seattle. Mr... Read More
David Madeira, President and CEOLeMay - America's Car MuseumPO Box 1117Tacoma, WA 98401 Dear David, I am delighted to support the rich cultural, educational, and economic opportunities that the LeMay Museum-America's Car Museum will add to the South Puget Sound region. The plans for the new location are truly amazing and will allow even more visitors to be educated about the vital role automobiles have played in our shared heritage... Read More
This past February, the “Grand Opening” of the LeMay – America’s Car Museum® satellite membership club (Club Auto Colorado) in Lakewood, Colorado drew a crowd of over 475 enthusiasts excited to support the Museum and thrilled to have a LeMay facility in their midst. Designed to promote enthusiasm for collectible automobiles, Club Auto Colorado is tangible proof that the “America” in “AMERICA’S CAR MUSEUM” is there for a reason... Read More
LeMay – America’s Car Museum® is pleased to announce the appointment of William Zuppe to the Board of Directors. Mr... Read More
LeMay – America’s Car Museum® is pleased to welcome James Gary May to the Museum’s Board of Directors. May owns and operates Hopewell Land Partners, which is engaged in capital investments that include real estate development and investment, citrus, finance and factoring, private equity, banking, insurance, technology and many other corporate investments... Read More
LeMay – America’s Car Museum® is pleased to welcome three-time Indy 500 winning racer Johnny Rutherford to its Board of Directors. Mr... Read More
(Tacoma, WA) - LeMay - America’s Car Museum® is proud to announce the grand opening of Club Auto Colorado in Lakewood, Colorado, just outside of Denver. Club Auto is a nation-wide membership program that provides gathering places for car enthusiasts of all types who own collector or unique cars that range from classic automobiles to modern sports cars, from hot-rods to racecars; and even unique motorcycles... Read More
(Tacoma, WA) – LeMay – America’s Car Museum® is pleased to announce that the new Hotel Murano in downtown Tacoma (formerly the Tacoma Sheraton), has become the most recent $100,000 sponsor and joined the growing list of official Museum providers. The multi-year commitment entails a generous cash contribution and active participation by the Hotel in Museum activities such as providing rooms and meeting space for member and board of director events... Read More
See footage of the 2008 New York International Auto Show and see an interview with Museum's Steering Committee Member, Marty Schorr conducted by Matt Kelly, a GM Next Contributer. Click here for more information about this interview... Read More
(New York, NY) – LeMay – America’s Car Museum® is pleased to announce its HERITAGE & HORSEPOWER exhibit at the New York International Auto Show (NYIAS) in the Jacob Javits Convention Center, March 18 - 23, 2008. The exhibit will showcase iconic classics and Grand-Am and Indy Car Series racecars in a 22,000-square-foot exhibit space located on the Lower Level, Hall 1-E... Read More
(Tacoma, WA) – LeMay – America’s Car Museum® is pleased to announce the launch of their brand-new website developed by SiteCrafting Inc., a Tacoma-based web application and development company... Read More
LeMay - AMERICA'S CAR MUSEUM® is proud to welcome Keith Flickinger to the Museum’s advisory Steering Committee. Mr... Read More
(Tacoma, WA) - LeMay - AMERICA'S CAR MUSEUM® is proud to announce the recent sponsorship agreement with Hedges Family Estate, and has named Hedges as the Preferred Wine of LeMay - AMERICA'S CAR MUSEUM. The agreement provides that Hedges Estate premium wines will be served at Museum functions, and also provides additional funding over the course of five years, bringing the total donation amount to $100,000... Read More
LeMay - AMERICA'S CAR MUSEUM® is pleased to welcome Mr. Peter Horbury to the Museum Board of Directors... Read More
(Tacoma, WA) – LeMay - America’s Car Museum® is pleased to announce a generous sponsorship from Comcast, the nation’s largest provider of cable services. Comcast is providing airtime and will be hosting LeMay – America's Car Museum, on “Comcast Newsmakers,” formerly “Comcast Local Edition,” a special four-minute program that will be aired more than a dozen times over 14 days throughout Western Washington... Read More
(Tacoma, WA) - The LeMay - America's Car Museum® is pleased to announce the pledge of $250,000 from The Bingham Family and Park Place Motors of Bellevue, Washington. The gift, in support of the "Drive for America's Car Museum" campaign, was presented to the Museum by David Bingham, Chairman and CEO, Park Place Ltd... Read More
It is with great pleasure we announce the addition of a truly significant and stunning automobile to the Museum’s resident collection. Made possible through the generosity of Wes and Nancy Lematta, the 1948 Daimler “Green Goddess” Drop Head Coupe is a car of captivating beauty... Read More
LeMay - AMERICA'S CAR MUSEUM® announces Griot’s Garage as the Official Car Care Company, a well known car care product company with headquarters based out of Fife, Washington. The multi-year sponsorship commitment includes provision of car care products for the care of the Museum’s Collection... Read More
(Tacoma, WA) – LeMay - AMERICA'S CAR MUSEUM® is pleased to announce the pledge of $250,000 from The Bingham Family and Park Place Motors of Bellevue, Washington. The gift, in support of the "Drive for America's Car Museum" campaign, was presented to the Museum by David Bingham, Chairman and CEO, Park Place Ltd... Read More
(Tacoma, WA) – LeMay - AMERICA'S CAR MUSEUM® is pleased to announce the donation of $300,000 from The Boeing Company. The check was presented to the Museum last Saturday at its 5th Annual Fabulous Fifties Sock Hop by Boeing's Karin Leslie, Community Investor, Arts & Culture-Global Corporate Citizenship in the Northwest Region, in support of the "Drive for America's Car Museum" campaign... Read More
It is with great pleasure that we announce the addition of a truly significant and stunning automobile to the LeMay Museum's collection - the 1950 Daimler "Green Goddess" Drop Head Coupe. This gift was generously given to the Museum by Wes and Nancy Lematta... Read More
(Tacoma, WA) – LeMay - AMERICA'S CAR MUSEUM® will hold its 5th Annual Fabulous Fifties Sock Hop on November 17, 2007 from 6 pm to 11 pm at the Marymount Academy. This fun-filled event begins at 6 pm with a social hour, followed by dinner at 7 pm and dancing at 8 pm... Read More
All effective design is shaped by preexisting conditions: social economic, political, cultural, technical—the list goes on. To design well is to first understand, and then respond appropriately to this contextual mix... Read More
Click here to become a member today!! Widely recognized as the largest private auto collection on earth, the automobiles and memorabilia gathered by Harold LeMay will beckon you to touch, to remember, and to learn... Read More
(Tacoma, WA) – LeMay - AMERICA'S CAR MUSEUM® successfully passed another major milestone toward building its new Pavilion, Collector Car Center and Show Field this week at the Tacoma City Council meeting where revisions to the Museum agreement were approved by the City. The latest version of the agreement received unanimous support by the seven city council members and will allow the Museum to build the campus in stages... Read More
The Tacoma City Council on Tuesday night approved an amendment to its latest agreement with the Harold E. LeMay Museum... Read More
Just a few years after his high school graduation in 1937, a Yakima resident named Harold LeMay did something unorthodox. He purchased a garbage route in Tacoma; attached a wooden, hand-cranked dump box onto a 1935 Chevy truck to haul garbage; and started a refuse business... Read More
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s car collection. Back off, Seattle... Read More
Several members of the LeMay Automobile Museum board of directors visited the Tacoma City Council on Tuesday afternoon to offer changes to their agreement with the city. Although no vote was taken, the members of the council seemed agreeable... Read More
(Tacoma, WA) – America’s Car Museum welcomes Elisabeth Piper Davidson to the LeMay staff effective July 23, 2007 as Director of Marketing and Communications. Davidson just completed her PhD in Political Science and Public Policy from Claremont Graduate University and brings an abundance of knowledge to the Museum that ranges from the motor sports industry to not-for-profits... Read More
The LeMay Museum would like to thank the Galloping Gertie Model A Ford Club of the Puget Sound region for recently donating another $5,000 to the Museum, bringing their total giving amount to $25,000 over the last 5 years! This is a generous amount of money to be donated to the LeMay Museum by a car club, and we are truely grateful, thank you... Read More
(Tacoma, WA) – America’s Car Museum welcomes Candida Romanelli to its Steering Committee. Romanelli serves as Show Director for the New York International Automobile Show (NYIAS) and Vice President of the Greater New York Auto Dealers Association (GNYADA)... Read More
(Tacoma, WA) – LeMay Museum President & CEO, David L. Madeira, notified City officials that the Museum is exercising its option on the land designated for the Museum’s future home in Tacoma... Read More
The history of Lincoln is long and convoluted. Founded in 1917 by Henry M... Read More
The issues that swirl around displaying the cars you own tend to swell exponentially as the size of your collection grows. One car, and it’s just a matter of buffing it up before you head to the local cruise night... Read More
If you would like to become a member organization and would like more information or even a presentation to your car club, please contact our membership department at 253.779... Read More
(Tacoma, WA) – The LeMay Museum welcomes Larry Smith to the Steering Committee, an advisory committee for America's Car Museum, effective June 2007. Smith is currently President and CEO of Autometric Collision, a multiple location body shop business and the only Mercedes-Benz approved shop in Michigan... Read More
(Tacoma, WA) – America’s Car Museum is pleased to welcome Bill Chapin, President of Chapin & Co. to the Museum’s board of directors... Read More
(Tacoma, WA) – America’s Car Museum appointed Sandra Kasky Button to its Steering Committee at the June 2007 board meeting. Button serves as Chairman of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, one of the most prestigious concours in the world... Read More
(Tacoma, WA) – America’s Car Museum is pleased to welcome Dominic Dobson as Director of Corporate Development for the Museum, effective June 2007. Dobson has served on the Steering Committee for two years bringing a unique perspective to the Museum’s advisory board and is the founder of Motion Research Corporation, created in 1993, which developed the world’s first wireless, mobile head-mounted display systems used in both commercial and consumer sports applications In addition, Dobson’s interesting background includes over 20 years of competing in motor sports events as a driver, with success at Sebring, LeMans, Daytona and Indianapolis... Read More
AAA members save 20 percent on the price of a tour (with a six person limit) or save 20 percent on the cost of an annual Museum Individual Driver membership. All museum tours are guided by trained Docents and take approximately two hours... Read More
The Harold E. LeMay Museum-America’s Car Museum welcomes your interest and support... Read More
ETFE (Ethylene Tetrafluoroethylene) is the building material of the future. This wonder polymer, a transparent plastic related to Teflon, is replacing glass and plastic in some of the most innovative buildings being designed and constructed today... Read More
Last weekend, visitors to the New York auto show had a great opportunity to check out some old cars along with the new models. The LeMay Museum of Tacoma, Wash... Read More
The star of the recent New York International Auto Show? Well, for at least one member of the Hemmings gang in attendance, it was a certain 1953 Hudson Hornet, known as the “Satan of Morimar,” currently owned by Nicola Bulgari... Read More
Generally conceded to be the birthplace of the modern car, Germany,by the late 19th Century was already home to a number of automotive manufacturers. August Horch & Cie... Read More
Over 100 members of the Ferrari Club of America, Northwest Region came out to Club Auto – Kirkland on Saturday, April 7th for their annual club meeting. Members were able to mingle and conduct their club meeting amongst the stunning array of collector cars housed at our Club Auto facility... Read More
Collectors Club members provide a significant proportion of the resources necessary to create this, one of the world’s finest car museums. The exclusive package of Collectors Club benefits certainly reflects this high level of membership... Read More
Corporate sponsorship of The LeMay Museum represents a substantial portion of giving, and, in return, is a valuable component of a company’s promotional efforts. Corporate sponsors are recognized locally by the community and nationally by the collector car hobby for their generous participation in building America’s Car Museum... Read More
A Car Club membership is your group’s opportunity to be active participants in an important piece of automotive history, the creation of the world’s finest car museum. America’s Car Club members enjoy an array of exclusive benefits such as Museum sponsored events, OpenRoad quarterly, online access, and use of an on-site ‘clubhouse’ to name but a few... Read More
(New York, NY) – There’s something for everyone – rarefied elegance to pavement-pounding power – at HERITAGE & HORSEPOWER, the LeMay Museum’s “Auto Show Within An Auto Show” at the Jacob Javits Convention Center, April 4-8, 2007. Showcasing iconic classics, street rods, muscle cars, concept vehicles and NASCAR, Grand-Am, Indy, GT and NHRA racecars, the 22,000-square-foot exhibit is located on the Lower Level, Hall 1-E... Read More
Fee: $175/month This pricing is valid until January 2008 upon which time the Club will have an annual review and prices are subject to change. The museum reserves the right to amend the terms and conditions of this agreement at its own discretion... Read More
We are currently available for tours! Come and check out the nice mix of classics... Read More
Over 45 members of the Classic Car Club of America- Pacific Northwest Region and Club Auto members joined together on Saturday, March 17th to learn more about the process of classic car judging. Topics covered included the responsibilities of the judge vs... Read More
Members, by their generosity, insure that the vision of the world’s finest car museum will become a reality. The range and exclusivity of Concours Club benefits will not disappoint... Read More
America’s Car Museum developed Club Auto as a new membership opportunity for the enjoyment of the car collector. This satellite location in Kirkland also provides the museum an opportunity to reach further north in the Puget Sound area... Read More
Throughout the year, we often hear people ask for other ways that they can help the Museum in addition to becoming members. The LeMay Museum currently has needs in the following areas and we appreciate any support that our members and volunteers can provide through these donation opportunities... Read More
(Tacoma, WA) – America’s Car Museum welcomes Craig Rust to the Museum’s Steering Committee effective February 2007. Rust is currently President of Watkins Glen International (WGI) in Watkins Glen, NY and Nazareth Speedway in Lehigh Valley, PA... Read More
(Tacoma, WA) – The LeMay Museum is pleased to announce the recent appointment of Tim Van Hoof to its advisory Steering Committee, effective January 2007. Van Hoof joins the Committee with much experience in marketing, market analysis, advertising and strategic planning in the auto-related industry and currently holds the position as Director of Marketing for State Farm Insurance... Read More
Did you know that when you donate or become a member of America's Car Museum you may be able to increase your gift? Companies often encourage their employees, retirees and board members to support non-profit organizations... Read More
It's no surprise that some confusion and misinformation exists regarding the correct name of this formidable and massive automobile. Its history is convoluted and studded with a variety of recognizable names, not all of which are directly associated with automobile production... Read More
(Tacoma, WA) – America’s Car Museum, the LeMay Museum is delighted to announce the renewed sponsoring gift of $25,000 for 2007 made by Great Western Sports, developer of the proposed NASCAR racetrack in Kitsap County. A formal relationship was forged between the two organizations in 2005 when the major racetrack franchise made its first sponsoring gift of $25,000... Read More
The cars are coming onto the roster. Some of the money remains to be raised... Read More
In the case of the 1956 model year soft top, that would be somewhere in the vicinity of 276 proud owners. That famous Packard marketing slogan ranks right in there with “See the U... Read More
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By the late 50s/early 60s the faux jet car thing had gotten positively goofy—Chevys with inset ‘gun sights,’ cars with B47esque hood ornaments, grills that aped fighter jet air intakes and at the pinnacle of the preposterous—the ‘Buck Rogers-mobile’—the 1959 Cadillac! Fins soaring to the ionosphere, set above jet exhaust ports that wouldn’t look out of place on a V-2... Read More
Attend any show ‘n’ shine or review collector vehicle auction results and it becomes evident that American muscle cars are the hot trend. It makes sense, since the bulk of car enthusiasts are baby boomers who bought their first new wheels during the horsepower wars of 1964 through 1971... Read More
When it comes to constructing a pecking order of sociocultural clout - or put another way, to locate a thing's precise placement in the pantheon of pop-culture, I have a reasonably accurate method. Go to your nearest big-box book store, say, Borders or Barnes & Noble... Read More
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The LeMay Museum relies greatly on the hard work and dedication of our volunteers. We would like to offer you an opportunity of a lifetime by volunteering your time to help preserve a national treasure... Read More
The years leading up to the introduction of the Ford Deluxe convertible were anything but Deluxe. The Thirties opened with hope; hope that the events of October 29th, known as “Black Tuesday,” were just a bump in the road, or in modern parlance, “a market correction,” and things would soon return to normal... Read More
Cadillac presented the world’s first V-16 to the public on January 4, 1930 at the New York Auto Show and it set the automotive world on its heels. It was developed in total secrecy with only the higher echelons aware of the project... Read More
Born in Yakima, Washington on September 4, 1919, Harold graduated from Kapowsin High School in 1937 and purchased his first garbage route in the early 1940s. Between 1944 and 1946, he spent time in the Navy as a Seabee... Read More
Nearly a third of the collection is available in database form for members of the museum. You can search by year, make or model and browse through hundreds of photographs of cars in the collection... Read More