Davis Motor Sales and Service (Davis Motors)
- Identifier
- DBB-BUS-01198
- Name
- Davis Motor Sales and Service
- Name Variations
- Davis Motors
- Type
- Business
- Activity
- automobile sales
- Year Established
- 1939
- Description
- Ed Davis established Davis Motor Sales and Service in 1939. Davis operated his business at 421 East Vernor Highway for over twenty years and built Davis Motor Sales into a thriving Studebaker dealership until his neighborhood was plagued by urban renewal.
- Location
- 421 E Vernor Hwy (formerly High St)
- Affiliates
-
Davis, Edward
Role: Owner and/or OperatorWeathers, James
Role: Manager - Book Pages
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This business or an affiliated person appears in the book Freedom Enterprise on page(s): xii, 135, 155, 164, 167, 181, 186, 207, 208, 209, 234, 236, 237, 243, 246, 247.
- Documentation
- Freedom Enterprise, xii (Davis Motors)
- 1939-06-24 Michigan Chronicle, 2 (Davis Motor Sales)
- 1941-01-04 Michigan Chronicle, 3 (Davis Motor Sales and Service)
- 1941-06-28 Michigan Chronicle, 3 (Davis Motor Sales and Service)
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1943-12-25 Michigan Chronicle, 14 (Davis Motor Sales)
- Title
- Davis Motor Sales and Service (Davis Motors)