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FISHER BODY EMPLOYEE BADGEFREE SHIPPING with delivery confirmation on all domestic purchases!Vintage 1-3/4" employee badge, "Fisher Body; Grand Rapids Trim"We ship worldwide! Please see all pictures and visit our eBay store and other eBay auctions!Fisher Body was an automobile coachbuilder founded by the Fisher brothers in 1908 in Detroit, Michigan; it had been a division of General Motors for many years, but in 1984 was dissolved to form other General Motors divisions. Fisher &am...p; Company (originally Alloy Metal Products) continues to use the name.[1] The name and its iconic "Body by Fisher" logo were well known to the public, as General Motors vehicles displayed a "Body by Fisher" emblem on their door sill plates until the mid-1990s.Fisher Body's beginnings trace back to a horse-drawn carriage shop in Norwalk, Ohio, in the late 1800s. Lawrence P. Fisher (1852 Peru, Ohio – 1921, Norwalk, Ohio) and his wife Margaret Theisen (1857 Baden, Germany – 1936 Detroit, Michigan) had a large family of eleven children; seven were sons who would become part of the Fisher Body Company in Detroit. Lawrence and Margaret were married in Sandusky, Ohio, in 1876. Margaret Theisen Fisher lived in Detroit after her husband died.The Fisher brothers were: Frederick John (1878–1941)
Charles Thomas (1880–1963)
William Andrew (1886–1969)
Lawrence P. Fisher (1888–1961)
Edward F. Fisher (1891–1972)
Alfred J. Fisher (1892–1963)
Howard A. Fisher (1902–1942)HistoryIn 1904 and 1905, the two eldest brothers, Fred and Charles, came to Detroit where their uncle Albert Fisher had established Standard Wagon Works during the latter part of the 1880s. The brothers found work at the C. R. Wilson Company, a manufacturer of horse-drawn carriage bodies that was beginning to make bodies for the automobile manufacturers. With financing from their uncle, on July 22, 1908, Fred and Charles Fisher established the Fisher Body Company. Their uncle soon wanted out and the brothers obtained the needed funds from Detroit businessman Louis Mendelssohn who became a shareholder and director. Within a short period of time, Charles and Fred Fisher brought their five younger brothers into the business.Prior to forming the company, Fred Fisher had built the body of the Cadillac Osceola at the C. R. Wilson Company. Starting in 1910, Fisher became the supplier of all closed bodies for Cadillac, and also built for Buick.In the early years of the company, the Fisher Brothers had to develop new body designs because the "horseless carriage" bodies did not have the strength to withstand the vibration of the new motorcars. By 1913, the Fisher Body Company had the capacity to produce 100, 000 cars per year and customers included: Ford, Krit, Chalmers, Cadillac, and Studebaker. Highly successful, they expanded into Canada, setting up a plant in Walkerville, Ontario, and by 1914 their operations had grown to become the world's largest manufacturer of auto bodies. One reason for their success was the development of interchangeable wooden body parts that did not require hand-fitting, as was the case in the construction of carriages. This required the design of new precision woodworking tools.The Fisher Body and Buick chassis were built in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, in the 1920s.[citation needed]
Fisher Body Corporation and General Motors
Fisher Body Plant 21, Piquette and St. Antoine.In 1916, the company became the Fisher Body Corporation. Its capacity was 370, 000 bodies per year and its customers included Abbot, Buick, Cadillac, Chalmers, Chandler, Chevrolet, Church-Field, Elmore, EMF, Ford, Herreshoff, Hudson, Krit, Oldsmobile, Packard, Regal, and Studebaker.The company constructed the now-abandoned Albert Kahn-designed Fisher Body Plant 21, on Piquette Street, in Detroit, in 1919. The building is now part of the Piquette Avenue Industrial Historic District. At the time, the company had more than 40 buildings encompassing 3, 700, 000 square feet (344, 000 m²) of floor space. Fisher Body – West Fort & Livernois
Fisher Body Plant 2 (wood kiln) – St. Antoine
Fisher Body Plant 4 – Oakland Ave.
Fisher Body Plant 12 – 1961 E. Milwaukee
Fisher Body Plant 18 (aka Cadillac Fleetwood Plant) – West End Ave
Fisher Plant 21 – 700 Piquette
Fisher Plant 23 – 601 Piquette
Fisher Plant 37 – 950 E. Milwaukee at HastingsIn a 1919 deal put together by president William C. Durant, General Motors bought 60% of the company. The Fisher company purchased Fleetwood Metal Body in 1925, and in 1926 was integrated entirely as an in-house coachbuilding division of General Motors. Fisher Body Division was dissolved in 1984, with some of its plants taken over by the newly created Fisher Guide Division (later Inland Fisher Guide), and the remaining facilities absorbed by other GM operations.Founded in 1947 by members of the Fisher family, Fisher & Company continues to use the name, with such divisions as Fisher Dynamics.[1]
Extent of operationsFrom its beginning in the "horseless carriage shop" in Norwalk, Ohio, to its sale in 1919 and 1926 to General Motors, the Fisher Body Company was built by the Fisher brothers into one of the world's largest manufacturing companies.The company owned 160, 000 acres (650 km2) of timberland and used more wood, carpet, tacks, and thread than any other manufacturer in the world. It had more than 40 plants and employed more than 100, 000 people, and pioneered many improvements in tooling and automobile design including closed all-weather bodies.Fisher Body's contribution to the war effort in both World War I and World War II included the production of both airplanes and tanks. Alfred J. Fisher was Aircraft Director for Fisher Body. Fisher Body developed the unsuccessful Fisher P-75 Eagle heavy fighter.
Fisher familyOn August 14, 1944, the Fisher brothers resigned from General Motors to devote their time to other interests, including the Fisher Building on West Grand Boulevard in Detroit. The brothers also mounted a bid to take-over Hudson Motors, but their tender offer fell short of its market value and the effort was rejected by stockholders.On January 19, 1972, the last of the Fisher brothers died. The seven brothers donated millions of dollars to schools, churches, and other charitable causes and were active in directing those endeavors.The Fisher family has continued on in the automotive industry with Fisher Corporation (metal stamping), General Safety (seat belts), Fisher Dynamics (seat mechanisms & structures), in the U.S., Mexico, China and India.On July 22, 2008, Fisher Coachworks, LLC was launched with Gregory W. Fisher, grandson of Alfred J. Fisher, as CEO. The new company is developing a prototype of the GTB-40, a hybrid-electric 40' transit bus developed by Autokinetics of Rochester Hills, Michigan, that uses Nitronic, a stainless steel alloy developed by AK Steel that allows the bus to be half the nominal weight of a standard transit bus and achieve twice the fuel economy.[3]As of 2010, Fisher Coachworks, LLC went out of business after two years of spending money but not producing a single bus. On March 3, 2011, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation received a check for $29, 000 for all of Fisher CoachWorks’ remaining assets.Alfred J. Fisher Jr., an automotive safety pioneer and son of Fisher Body's Alfred J. Fisher Sr., died June 19, 2012.
Mansions of Detroit
Brother Address Neighborhood Architect Year Sq. Ft. Status
Frederick J. 54 Arden Park Boulevard Arden Park-East Boston George D. Mason 1918 10, 800 sq. ft. Private Residence
Charles T. 670 West Boston Boulevard Boston-Edison George D. Mason 1915 18, 000 sq. ft. Private Residence
William A. 1791 Wellesley Drive Palmer Woods Richard H. Marr 1925 35, 000 sq. ft. Fire in 1994; Demolished
Lawrence P. 383 Lenox Avenue Jefferson–Chalmers C. Howard Crane 1928 22, 000 sq. ft. Bhaktivedanta Cultural Center
Edward F. 892 West Boston Boulevard Boston-Edison Richard H. Marr 1923 10, 000 sq. ft. Private Residence
Alfred J. 1771 Balmoral Drive Palmer Woods Richard H. Marr 1926 35, 000 sq. ft. Private Residence
Milestones 1930 – Slanted windshields for reduced glare
1933 – "No-Draft" ventilation
1934 – One-piece steel "turret top" roofs[4]
1935 – Former Durant Motors plant in Lansing, Michigan, opens
1936 – Dual windshield wipers
1959 – Developed and produced GM's first unibody car – The 1960 Chevrolet Corvair
1969 – Fisher's "Side Guard Beam" is introduced. Ternstedt Division merged into Fisher Body.
1974 – Invented the ignition interlock system
1974 – Produced GM's first airbag
1975 – Fisher develops GM's first all-metric vehicle, the Chevrolet Chevette
1979 – Fisher Northern Ireland established, opens plant in Dundonald, Northern Ireland
1984 – Fisher Body Division dissolves, with its operations transferred to other GM divisions. These include newly created Fisher Guide Division, Chevrolet-Pontiac-Canada Group, and Buick-Oldsmobile-Cadillac Group.
1988 – Fisher Guide closes Hamilton/Fairfield, Ohio, facility
1989 – Fisher Guide merges with Inland Division to become Inland Fisher Guide
1990 – Inland Fisher Guide closes Elyria, Ohio, facility
1995 – Inland Fisher Guide absorbed into Delphi Automotive Systems
2008 – Fisher Coachworks, LLC, officially launches and begins development of the GTB-40 transit bus
2010 – Fisher Coachworks, LLC, folds and is liquidated the following year.Other productsAircraft Fisher P-75 Eagle _______________________________________________________________ Why Buy From Chestnut Hill Books? Chestnut Hill Books has a perfect 100% feedback rating dating over 18 years and spanning 20, 000+ transactions, with customers in all 50 states and over 100 countries on 6 continents. Our detailed seller ratings (item as described, communication, shipping time and shipping and handling charges) are among the best on eBay. All domestic purchases come with free shipping and complimentary delivery confirmation, trackable through the United States Post Office. Thank you for looking at our items!Payment: Payment is due within 7 days of purchase. Contact us for special payment requests/options. If payment cannot be produced within the 7 day period, please send a message immediately indicating when payment should be expected, otherwise an unpaid item dispute will be filed with eBay. Where Do We Ship? Chestnut Hill Books ships to every country in the world at reasonable rates as suggested by the United States Postal Service. Please contact us for a specific international shipping quote before bidding should you have any questions.Shipping Terms: If payment is made immediately, your item will usually be mailed within 24 hours of payment receipt. All items are securely packed to ensure safe shipping. Postcards are mailed between sturdy cardboard. All domestic shipments come with complimentary delivery confirmation, trackable through the USPS. Buyers will receive an e-mail from PayPal with tracking information and related links; please refer to this e-mail before contacting us with questions on the status of your package, as we will have as much delivery information as you. Zero profit is made on international shipping & handling charges; domestic shipping is free. Return Policy: We strive to describe each item completely and accurately. However, if you feel an item was not described correctly, the item can be returned at our expense within 30 days of receipt for a refund of your original payment. It is requested that you contact us immediately should you have any question about the condition or representation of your item.Who Are We? Chestnut Hill Books is a family-owned antiques business based out of the SouthCoast, Massachusetts. We collect historical items related to New Bedford, Massachusetts and the surrounding area (Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Westport etc), Boston College (tickets, programs, pennants, postcards, scrapbooks, pinbacks, sports & non-sports etc), Massachusetts political buttons & memorabilia and Mount Monadnock in Jaffrey, New Hampshire. Please contact us if you have any collectibles in those categories.Other: Please do not hesitate to contact us with any other questions/comments. We normally respond to all inquiries in a timely manner. Also, please do not forget to leave positive feedback upon item receipt! Thank you for looking at our listings!
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Charles Thomas (1880–1963)
William Andrew (1886–1969)
Lawrence P. Fisher (1888–1961)
Edward F. Fisher (1891–1972)
Alfred J. Fisher (1892–1963)
Howard A. Fisher (1902–1942)HistoryIn 1904 and 1905, the two eldest brothers, Fred and Charles, came to Detroit where their uncle Albert Fisher had established Standard Wagon Works during the latter part of the 1880s. The brothers found work at the C. R. Wilson Company, a manufacturer of horse-drawn carriage bodies that was beginning to make bodies for the automobile manufacturers. With financing from their uncle, on July 22, 1908, Fred and Charles Fisher established the Fisher Body Company. Their uncle soon wanted out and the brothers obtained the needed funds from Detroit businessman Louis Mendelssohn who became a shareholder and director. Within a short period of time, Charles and Fred Fisher brought their five younger brothers into the business.Prior to forming the company, Fred Fisher had built the body of the Cadillac Osceola at the C. R. Wilson Company. Starting in 1910, Fisher became the supplier of all closed bodies for Cadillac, and also built for Buick.In the early years of the company, the Fisher Brothers had to develop new body designs because the "horseless carriage" bodies did not have the strength to withstand the vibration of the new motorcars. By 1913, the Fisher Body Company had the capacity to produce 100, 000 cars per year and customers included: Ford, Krit, Chalmers, Cadillac, and Studebaker. Highly successful, they expanded into Canada, setting up a plant in Walkerville, Ontario, and by 1914 their operations had grown to become the world's largest manufacturer of auto bodies. One reason for their success was the development of interchangeable wooden body parts that did not require hand-fitting, as was the case in the construction of carriages. This required the design of new precision woodworking tools.The Fisher Body and Buick chassis were built in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, in the 1920s.[citation needed]
Fisher Body Corporation and General Motors
Fisher Body Plant 21, Piquette and St. Antoine.In 1916, the company became the Fisher Body Corporation. Its capacity was 370, 000 bodies per year and its customers included Abbot, Buick, Cadillac, Chalmers, Chandler, Chevrolet, Church-Field, Elmore, EMF, Ford, Herreshoff, Hudson, Krit, Oldsmobile, Packard, Regal, and Studebaker.The company constructed the now-abandoned Albert Kahn-designed Fisher Body Plant 21, on Piquette Street, in Detroit, in 1919. The building is now part of the Piquette Avenue Industrial Historic District. At the time, the company had more than 40 buildings encompassing 3, 700, 000 square feet (344, 000 m²) of floor space. Fisher Body – West Fort & Livernois
Fisher Body Plant 2 (wood kiln) – St. Antoine
Fisher Body Plant 4 – Oakland Ave.
Fisher Body Plant 12 – 1961 E. Milwaukee
Fisher Body Plant 18 (aka Cadillac Fleetwood Plant) – West End Ave
Fisher Plant 21 – 700 Piquette
Fisher Plant 23 – 601 Piquette
Fisher Plant 37 – 950 E. Milwaukee at HastingsIn a 1919 deal put together by president William C. Durant, General Motors bought 60% of the company. The Fisher company purchased Fleetwood Metal Body in 1925, and in 1926 was integrated entirely as an in-house coachbuilding division of General Motors. Fisher Body Division was dissolved in 1984, with some of its plants taken over by the newly created Fisher Guide Division (later Inland Fisher Guide), and the remaining facilities absorbed by other GM operations.Founded in 1947 by members of the Fisher family, Fisher & Company continues to use the name, with such divisions as Fisher Dynamics.[1]
Extent of operationsFrom its beginning in the "horseless carriage shop" in Norwalk, Ohio, to its sale in 1919 and 1926 to General Motors, the Fisher Body Company was built by the Fisher brothers into one of the world's largest manufacturing companies.The company owned 160, 000 acres (650 km2) of timberland and used more wood, carpet, tacks, and thread than any other manufacturer in the world. It had more than 40 plants and employed more than 100, 000 people, and pioneered many improvements in tooling and automobile design including closed all-weather bodies.Fisher Body's contribution to the war effort in both World War I and World War II included the production of both airplanes and tanks. Alfred J. Fisher was Aircraft Director for Fisher Body. Fisher Body developed the unsuccessful Fisher P-75 Eagle heavy fighter.
Fisher familyOn August 14, 1944, the Fisher brothers resigned from General Motors to devote their time to other interests, including the Fisher Building on West Grand Boulevard in Detroit. The brothers also mounted a bid to take-over Hudson Motors, but their tender offer fell short of its market value and the effort was rejected by stockholders.On January 19, 1972, the last of the Fisher brothers died. The seven brothers donated millions of dollars to schools, churches, and other charitable causes and were active in directing those endeavors.The Fisher family has continued on in the automotive industry with Fisher Corporation (metal stamping), General Safety (seat belts), Fisher Dynamics (seat mechanisms & structures), in the U.S., Mexico, China and India.On July 22, 2008, Fisher Coachworks, LLC was launched with Gregory W. Fisher, grandson of Alfred J. Fisher, as CEO. The new company is developing a prototype of the GTB-40, a hybrid-electric 40' transit bus developed by Autokinetics of Rochester Hills, Michigan, that uses Nitronic, a stainless steel alloy developed by AK Steel that allows the bus to be half the nominal weight of a standard transit bus and achieve twice the fuel economy.[3]As of 2010, Fisher Coachworks, LLC went out of business after two years of spending money but not producing a single bus. On March 3, 2011, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation received a check for $29, 000 for all of Fisher CoachWorks’ remaining assets.Alfred J. Fisher Jr., an automotive safety pioneer and son of Fisher Body's Alfred J. Fisher Sr., died June 19, 2012.
Mansions of Detroit
Brother Address Neighborhood Architect Year Sq. Ft. Status
Frederick J. 54 Arden Park Boulevard Arden Park-East Boston George D. Mason 1918 10, 800 sq. ft. Private Residence
Charles T. 670 West Boston Boulevard Boston-Edison George D. Mason 1915 18, 000 sq. ft. Private Residence
William A. 1791 Wellesley Drive Palmer Woods Richard H. Marr 1925 35, 000 sq. ft. Fire in 1994; Demolished
Lawrence P. 383 Lenox Avenue Jefferson–Chalmers C. Howard Crane 1928 22, 000 sq. ft. Bhaktivedanta Cultural Center
Edward F. 892 West Boston Boulevard Boston-Edison Richard H. Marr 1923 10, 000 sq. ft. Private Residence
Alfred J. 1771 Balmoral Drive Palmer Woods Richard H. Marr 1926 35, 000 sq. ft. Private Residence
Milestones 1930 – Slanted windshields for reduced glare
1933 – "No-Draft" ventilation
1934 – One-piece steel "turret top" roofs[4]
1935 – Former Durant Motors plant in Lansing, Michigan, opens
1936 – Dual windshield wipers
1959 – Developed and produced GM's first unibody car – The 1960 Chevrolet Corvair
1969 – Fisher's "Side Guard Beam" is introduced. Ternstedt Division merged into Fisher Body.
1974 – Invented the ignition interlock system
1974 – Produced GM's first airbag
1975 – Fisher develops GM's first all-metric vehicle, the Chevrolet Chevette
1979 – Fisher Northern Ireland established, opens plant in Dundonald, Northern Ireland
1984 – Fisher Body Division dissolves, with its operations transferred to other GM divisions. These include newly created Fisher Guide Division, Chevrolet-Pontiac-Canada Group, and Buick-Oldsmobile-Cadillac Group.
1988 – Fisher Guide closes Hamilton/Fairfield, Ohio, facility
1989 – Fisher Guide merges with Inland Division to become Inland Fisher Guide
1990 – Inland Fisher Guide closes Elyria, Ohio, facility
1995 – Inland Fisher Guide absorbed into Delphi Automotive Systems
2008 – Fisher Coachworks, LLC, officially launches and begins development of the GTB-40 transit bus
2010 – Fisher Coachworks, LLC, folds and is liquidated the following year.Other productsAircraft Fisher P-75 Eagle _______________________________________________________________ Why Buy From Chestnut Hill Books? Chestnut Hill Books has a perfect 100% feedback rating dating over 18 years and spanning 20, 000+ transactions, with customers in all 50 states and over 100 countries on 6 continents. Our detailed seller ratings (item as described, communication, shipping time and shipping and handling charges) are among the best on eBay. All domestic purchases come with free shipping and complimentary delivery confirmation, trackable through the United States Post Office. Thank you for looking at our items!Payment: Payment is due within 7 days of purchase. Contact us for special payment requests/options. If payment cannot be produced within the 7 day period, please send a message immediately indicating when payment should be expected, otherwise an unpaid item dispute will be filed with eBay. Where Do We Ship? Chestnut Hill Books ships to every country in the world at reasonable rates as suggested by the United States Postal Service. Please contact us for a specific international shipping quote before bidding should you have any questions.Shipping Terms: If payment is made immediately, your item will usually be mailed within 24 hours of payment receipt. All items are securely packed to ensure safe shipping. Postcards are mailed between sturdy cardboard. All domestic shipments come with complimentary delivery confirmation, trackable through the USPS. Buyers will receive an e-mail from PayPal with tracking information and related links; please refer to this e-mail before contacting us with questions on the status of your package, as we will have as much delivery information as you. Zero profit is made on international shipping & handling charges; domestic shipping is free. Return Policy: We strive to describe each item completely and accurately. However, if you feel an item was not described correctly, the item can be returned at our expense within 30 days of receipt for a refund of your original payment. It is requested that you contact us immediately should you have any question about the condition or representation of your item.Who Are We? Chestnut Hill Books is a family-owned antiques business based out of the SouthCoast, Massachusetts. We collect historical items related to New Bedford, Massachusetts and the surrounding area (Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Westport etc), Boston College (tickets, programs, pennants, postcards, scrapbooks, pinbacks, sports & non-sports etc), Massachusetts political buttons & memorabilia and Mount Monadnock in Jaffrey, New Hampshire. Please contact us if you have any collectibles in those categories.Other: Please do not hesitate to contact us with any other questions/comments. We normally respond to all inquiries in a timely manner. Also, please do not forget to leave positive feedback upon item receipt! Thank you for looking at our listings!
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