Midland Motor Car Truck Co Medallion Plaque Badge Auto History Circa Early 1900s

The forgotten Auto Manufacturer in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Midland Motor Car & Truck Company   The product is a vintage badge emblem from the Midland Motor Car and Truck company in Oklahoma City, dating back to the early 1900s. Made in the United States, this piece of automobilia holds a historical significance for collectors interested in transportation artifacts. The emblem features the company's logo and represents a piece of automotive history from the early 20th century,  .   In June 1917 a group of Oklahoma City business leaders, headed by James M. Aydelotte of the State Board of Affairs and Floyd Thompson of the Ozark Trails Highway Association, formed the Midland Motor Car and Truck Company. They sold stock in order to construct a plant south of town; they planned to make the Oklahoma Six passenger car and a truck called the Ozark. They anticipated producing three cars and seven trucks per day. However, World War I interrupted the plans. The plant was constructed in 1918, and in October it began making trucks under a U.S. Army contract. After the war the company had to be reorganized due to financial mismanagement and the indictment of two of its stock salesmen for embezzlement. The federal contract was cancelled. In October 1919 the Wichita Motors Company, a Texas concern that manufactured trucks, bought the plant and produced the Wichita model truck there, into 1922.