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On June 18, 1923, the first Checker Cab rolls off the line at the Checker Cab Manufacturing Company in Kalamazoo, Michigan
above – a young female model is behind the steering wheel of a 1922 Model Checker Taxi Cab, as part of a special attraction in the Checker Motor Company exhibit at the 1961 Chicago Auto Show. The sign in this photo states that the taxi was built in Chicago and given the name ‘Ol Man River’