Classic Cars In History
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Charlie Diederich was born in 1895.  He did not want to be a farmer like his father.  He loved cars and made a career of buying and selling them.   His sister Theresia was county supervisor of schools and wanted a car to travel between the schools.  She went to the bank to arrange a $200 loan for a car, but the bank refused it.  The bankers told her they would loan the money if she wanted to buy a cow, but they didn't believe in automobiles!

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Charlie died in 1993 so is not here to identify these autos, but they were probably manufactured the year the picture was taken. Charlie would travel to Detroit and drive the cars to
Wisconsin for sale at his dealership there.