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Borgward (Germany), 1934-1968, undated

 Sub-Series
Accession: 20100108-ZTVIdentifier: 20100108-ZTV-I.-940649

Dates

  • Creation: 1934-1968
  • Creation: undated

Scope and Content

This subseries documents Borgward, which was built by Carl F.W. Borgward Automobile-und-Motoren-Werke of Bremen, Germany (1939-1949) and Carl F.W. Borgward GmbH of Bremen, Germany (1949-1961).

Borgward was formed in 1929 when founder Carl F.W. Borgward merged Goliath-Werke Borgward & Company with Hansa Lloyd AG. Over the course of Borgward's business life, the firm's vehicles were marketed under under the Hansa, Borgward Hansa, and Borgward nameplates. Carl F.W. Borgward GmbH went bankrupt in 1961, but Borgward vehicles continued to be built in Argentina until 1965, and in Mexico until 1970. See also Borgward (Mexico), Goliath, and Lloyd.

This subseries has been divided into three sub-subseries:

Trade Catalogs

General Publications

Serials

General Physical Description note

10 folders

Extent

From the Series: 625 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Access Restrictions

Vinson’s manuscript A Collector’s Life: An Autobiography, included in Series XIII, is closed to researchers until 2035.

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Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Published Collections Repository

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