1940 Crocker article

[friday]

Not those "Crockers" but the actual Crockers. see if this works.....

[friday]

[cardan]

Thanks for posting.

A lot of good info on those draft registration cards, like Al Crocker's home address in South Pasadena. I lived in Pasadena for three years in the 1980s, and it would have been fun to do a walk-past back then.

The Crocker factory address on the card - 1346 Venice Boulevard, Los Angeles - also currently has an art-deco-looking brick building. Good stuff.

Leon

[Rex]

Bigsby used to make guitars and is credited with inventing the whammy bar (tremolo arm) too.

[cardan]

Motorcycles to guitars... that's impressive! https://www.bigsby.com/about/history/

Leon

[friday]

Crocker factory employee list can be found on ancestry.com or similar sites

https://www.fold3.com/search?docQuery=(keywords:crocker+motorcycle)

Ramos, Lilge, Ellison, Pierce, Cameron, Duvick, Nathan, Procetto.
Also, Woodrow Wilson Mount (1917), Eugene Alexander Rhyne (1907) and Paul Adelbert Bigsby (1899)

Previous employees of the Crocker factory left in 1939 after V-twin production came to a halt. Their draft cards are available also.

[cardan]

"Woodrow Wilson Mount" is a good name, combining a President "Woodrow Wilson" with local geography - "Mount Wilson" looms over the San Gabriel Valley. Bet he got ribbed at school!

Leon