The 100,000th Nash-Kelvinator propeller on a World War II bomber

Creator

Nash Motors Company

Date

• ca. 1942-ca. 1945

Summary

• A World War II Ford “Liberator” bomber with the 100,000th propeller made by the Nash-Kelvinator company. In 1942, Nash shut down automobile production and concentrated only on manufacturing products for the war.
• In 1916, Charles Nash opened Nash Motors Company, which became known for its Quad trucks. It was one of many Kenosha automobile producers. Decades later, Charles Nash handpicked George Mason, Kelvinator Corporation president, as his successor. Nash Motors Company, Inc. and the Kelvinator Corporation merged in 1937. Nash saw the merger as a means of pulling Mason into the company. In the Nash-Kelvinator Corporation Charles Nash became chairman, George Mason became president, and the headquarters moved to Detroit, Michigan. Automobiles and home appliances were produced by this corporation until 1954.