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The Badger Four-Wheel Drive Auto Company produced one steam vehicle before converting to gasoline.

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Badger, Four Wheel Drive Corporation, Real Photo Post Card, Gasoline Powered Vehicle pulling huge load, front Badger, Four Wheel Drive Corporation, Real Photo Post Card, Gasoline Powered Vehicle pulling huge load,  reverse

The text on this Four Wheel Drive Corporation real Photo Post Card reads: "The Famous Four Wheel Drive Auto made at Clintonville, WIS, pulled this load of 28 men, Hook and Ladder Truck and 2 hose Carts, ½ mile with ease up and down Grade."

Four Wheel Drive Corporation, First Foud Wheel Drrive vehicle, Steam Powered, press photograph, 1908, October 10, 1967.  Front Four Wheel Drive Corporation, First Foud Wheel Drrive vehicle, Steam Powered, press photograph, 1908, October 10, 1967.  Reverse

This press photograph, dated October 10, 1967, shows W. A. Besserditch driving the first four wheel drive steam powered vehicle.

Milwaukee Journal Article about Wisconsin Built Cars, Henry Norton, November 19, 1967, Photocopy, Conde Collection.

Henery Norton, a Milwaukee Journal reporter, wrote this article about the Badger Four Wheel Drive Auto Company on November 19, 1967. John A. Conde Collection.

Badger Four-Wheel Drive Auto Company, Clintonville, WI, Letter from John to Henry Norton, December 7, 1967, Photocopy, Conde Collection

On December 7, 1967, John Conde wrote to Henry Horton about his Milwaukee Journal article on the Badger automobiles. Conde apparently sent Horton the article below about the "1909 battleship." John A. Conde Collection.

Badger Four-Wheel Drive Auto Company, Clintonville, WI, Article by John Conde, Conde Collection.

It is not clear if John Conde wrote this article about the "1909 Battleship" made by the Badger Four Wheel Drive Auto Company. John A. Conde Collection.

Badger Four-Wheel Drive Auto Company, John Conde File Folder, Conde Collection

John Conde's File Folder. John A. Conde Collection.

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