Mill Valley, CA,1920s - Combination automobile and rail engine KisselKar of the Mount Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway on a turn table

https://forums.aaca.org/topic/341211-period-images-to-relieve-some-of-the-stress/page/432/

A Kissel Military Highway Scout Kar stops at Multnomah Falls in 1918.

"This camouflaged "Military Highway Scout Kar" was built by Kissel Motor Car Company of Wisconsin; the camouflage was painted to honor the company's work supplying vehicles to several countries in WWI. The car in this form was a promotional vehicle, and toured the west coast promoting the company and their cars."

Below, Imbued by Hues

America's first camouflaged automobile has been let loose, and is now on the war path. The inhabitants of the Pacific Coast from Seattle to San Diego swear they are "seeing things." A sheriff who has a record for pinching speeders is out after the camoufleurs who committed "camouflage" to prove that America's automobiles are as chameleon-like while on the war path as those in Europe. -- Oakland Tribune, Oct. 28, 1917

In an issue of the Oakland Tribune ("Artist Are to Paint Motors, Plan 'Camouflage Carriages'," September 2, 1917, p. 32), it was stated that the three "prominent artists" on the Kissel Kar camouflage committee were architect Arthur Brown Jr, and artists [Ernest] Bruce Nelson and A. Sheldon Pennoyer. They were chairman, assistant chairman, and secretary, respectively, of the American Camouflage Western Division, as reported in "San Francisco Architects and Artists as Camoufleurs" in The Architect and Engineer of California (Vol 1 No 2, August 1917, p. 58).

https://dailytimewaster.blogspot.com/2024/05/multnomah-falls-pnw.html

https://www.facebook.com/AmericasCarMuseum/photos/a.276042364969/10151577948569970

https://www.amazon.com/Military-Highway-Americas-camouflaged-automobile/dp/B09F3NGG2T

https://www.oldoregonphotos.com/kissel-kar-at-entrance-to-mt-rainier-national-park-1918.html

https://www.facebook.com/larzandersonautomuseum/photos/a.425611211921/10157187699076922/?type=3

https://www.shorpy.com/node/18806

https://www.shorpy.com/node/18804

https://camoupedia.blogspot.com/2012/04/kissel-kar-kamouflage.html

which is a blog about everything in camoflage, seriously, EVERYTHING and not the simple hunting camo, also war ships, cities to avoid being spotted by airplanes bombing them, hollywood art director choices for advertising, a horse to look like a Zebra so it wouldn't get stolen... railguns, 

https://camoupedia.blogspot.com

Before doing much flying, Amelia Earhart first drove across country with her mother in a Kissel Goldbug she called "the Yellow Peril"

In February 1918, Earhart left Ogontz School and moved to Toronto to become a Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse at the Spadina Military Convalescent Hospital. 

While in Toronto, she began frequenting a local airfield, and soon became fascinated with flying. Following the Armistice in November 1918, she returned to the United States and entered Columbia University as a pre-medical student in the fall of 1919. Earhart soon realized that the practical aspects of medicine did not appeal to her, and left Columbia in 1920 to join her parents in Los Angeles, in an effort to help keep their marriage intact. 

In December 1920, she took her first ride in an airplane with pilot Frank Hawks. In January 1921, she began taking flying lessons from Anita ("Neta") Snook. With help from her family, she took a job in a telephone company and bought her first airplane.

 In 1922, she set her first aviation record with an unofficial women's altitude record of 14,000 feet under the auspices of the Aero Club of Southern California. 

The following March, Earhart appeared as one of the attractions at a local air rodeo and in May 1923 she acquired her airline pilot's license. She was the first woman, and seventeenth pilot, to receive a National Aeronautic Association pilot's license. 

Despite Earhart's efforts, her father's alcoholism, combined with her parents' inability to manage money, eventually led to the divorce of Edwin and Amy Earhart in 1924. Following her parents' divorce, Earhart sold her airplane and bought a Kissel roadster car she called the "Yellow Peril."

 In June 1924, she drove cross-country with her mother from Los Angeles to Medford, Massachusetts, in order to move back to where they'd come from and had family, stopping along the way to visit several national parks.

Packing their belongings, mother and daughter drove up the west coast to Washington state, and then on into Canada to visit Banff and Lake Louise. The roads outside of major cities at this time were at best dirt wagon trails for agricultural use, and so road signs were awful as well. 

Their trip coursed down through Chicago and on east to Boston. All along the way they were mobbed by curiosity-seekers and well-wishers seeking information about their trip. Any trip was an adventure, and women in a bright yellow car were an event wherever they stopped

https://www.classicspeedsters.com/blog/2019/5/22/amelia-earhart-and-her-kissel-gold-bug-speedster

https://archives.lib.purdue.edu/agents/people/1133?&filter_fields[]=subjects&filter_values[]=Black-and-white+photographs

https://www.denverpost.com/2009/09/04/the-forney-museum-is-worth-getting-around-to/

NC10780 was sold to George Palmer Putnam, husband of Amelia Earhart, of New York, NY in May 1931, he sold it to Beech-Nut Packing Company two months later, Earhart continued to fly it for company promotions, when they sponsored Earhart’s early flights

Among other products, the Beech-Nut company manufactured Beech-Nut chewing gum, which was supplied in bulk to Earhart for distribution to the crowds who gathered to witness her cross country landings. (Charter member of 99's) https://iwasm.omeka.net/items/show/1297

 It was painted green (the cream panel remained), with “BEECH-NUT” painted large upon its flanks.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/with/4729083504/
https://dmairfield.org/airplanes/NC10780/index.html

https://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/earhart-once-piloted-across-wyoming

The Kansas native with a penchant for “first-time things” and a love of “shining adventure,” as she called it, flew an autogiro across the country in June 1931, stopping at Cheyenne, Laramie, Parco (present Sinclair), Rock Springs and Le Roy, Wyo., west of Fort Bridger.

 Earhart wanted to set a transcontinental record in the awkward-looking craft, which resembled a fixed-wing propeller plane with an engine on the front, but was equipped also with four long rotor blades that spun at 100 revolutions per minute –much slower than the 400 revolutions per minute of modern light helicopters—above the open cockpit. 

The 52-gallon fuel capacity of the rotorcraft, dubbed the “flying windmill” by the press, made frequent stops necessary. Amelia made time to visit with local dignitaries and give flight demonstrations. She charmed the crowds who greeted her on the ground.

On the tour, she stopped in 76 towns during about three weeks of traveling. She flew an average speed of 80 mph, about five hours daily, often landing 10 times in a day. She became the first pilot to fly an autogiro round-trip across the United States.

http://www.aviation-history.com/airmen/Amelia-Earhart-Autogiro.htm

https://waterandpower.org/museum/Aviation_in_Early_LA_(Page_2).html

She bought a canary-colored Kissel Kar automobile, which she named Yellow Peril, and made a 7,000-mile cross-country trek with her mother, Amy Otis Earhart, visiting several national parks en route.

the Mother in Law seat, there were a couple versions, but they mostly were exposed to the weather and not equipped to keep someone seated in an emergency braking event

This simply takes top honors for the the most spiteful mother in law seat ever made! A 1910 Welch

There was this variety that slid out from the side, and I've seen it on the Kissel and and the Paige Model 6-55 Daytona Speedster

and there was this flip lid on this 1911 Olds Autocrat

https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2017/08/1911-olds-autocrat-has-cool-rumble-seat.html

the 1910 Matheson had one mounted to the spare tire /5th wheel

Paige Model 6-55 Daytona Speedster with mother in law seat

and the 1920 Kissel Gold Bug I posted back in 2013

https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2013/04/1920-kissel-gold-bug-roadster.html

https://fornoob.com/the-mother-in-law-seat/

Originally found in the Oxnard area in in an estate where it was stored in the attic for probably 80+ years galvanize steel with compartments with the words Kissel Kar blazoned on the top done in the correct scripts for the marquee from 1912 to 1919 what is this a spare tire storage compartment? it measures 25 inches across by 13 inches tall

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/557012231755620/

I don't think I've ever seen more than 4 or 5 Kissels ever. I certainly don't think I've ever seen more than one or two picnic / travel storage containers either, so, I don't know what this is specifically, but I'll guess it is generally something easily stored on the right Kissel in the spare tire area, or rumble seat, or mother in law seat. Maybe. 

seating infographic for Chandler, Lexington, Kissel, Marmon, and Cunningham

West Bend Shark-o-matic 800

wow, had no idea Kissel ended up making outboards for Sears, was bought by West Bend, and then they were bought by Chrysler.

in the Wisconsin Auto Museum in Hartford, northwest of Milwaukee

http://carzhunt.blogspot.com/2016/03/six-days-on-road-day-3-part-1.html

someone found a Kissel and donated it to the Wisconsin Auto Museum, and it's still as found. Well, it's also likely there are zero chances any parts exist to repair it, only 150 are thought to exist, and 25 of them are IN the museum

http://carzhunt.blogspot.com/2016/03/six-days-on-road-day-3-part-1.html

Anita King made history in 1915 when she became the first woman to complete a solo drive across America. 100 years later, her great nieces recreated the trip

Her great nieces went cross country in about 49 hours, in a Chrysler 200. Anita needed 49 days, some which were nothing more than getting unstuck from mud. I wonder if she innovated any ways for quickly getting unstuck?

http://www.lincoln-highway-museum.org/King/King-Index.html
https://unrememberedhistory.com/2016/04/27/a-paramount-girl-a-touring-car-and-the-road-to-the-movies/
http://comolasamapolas.blogspot.com/2012/06/anita-king-la-chica-de-la-paramount.html
http://www.leadertelegram.com/News/Front-Page/2015/08/16/Great-great-nieces-repeat-woman-s-historic-road-trip.html
http://anitakingfilmstar.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_34.html

The Grant J. Quam Collection Auction has some interesting cars and petroliana

the 1925 Kissel Gold Bug Model 75 Speedster has extensive records of previous ownership and has been restored several times. This vehicle has won awards at numerous auto shows, and is truly one-of-a-kind due to the low production of Kissel Kars. It’s believe to be only one of five left in the world.

Believed to be only one of three 1936 Pierce Arrow Country Club's existing today, this car has been completely repainted to custom “Butternut Coffee” colors. The car has been stored in a climate controlled building since it was purchased, and only has 10, 674 miles.

The car was owned by Allan Atherton, an antique car collector from Dexter, Iowa, for close to 30 years. In the early 1980’s, at the height of the farm crisis in Iowa, Mr. Atherton was forced to liquidate most of his antique car collection. This is when Mr. Quam purchased the car from the bank in Dexter, Iowa.

1926 Peerless model 56 below

Mr Quam rarely showed this car to the public. Mr. Harrah was noted as saying, this was the best preserved original car that he had ever seen and owned, and today, it ranks as a Condition 1 Preservation Vehicle.

The car was originally purchased new by Peter Fank in Iowa, in 1920. He drove it sparingly for 10 years, when the car was parked “on blocks” in a garage at the family home, in about 1930. The mileage of 21,597 is believed to be the actual mileage of the vehicle, based on Mr. Fank dying in 1937 and the car remained “on blocks” until the death of his sister Josephine in 1964. The car was “discovered” after her death. Harrah then purchased the car through one of his agents in 1964.

The car is in unbelievable original condition and out of the public eye since it was sold by Harrah’s, in 1984. To illustrate just how original and untouched this car is, it still has the factory installed original white rubber radiator hoses on the factory V-8 engine.
The original factory tool kit for this car is in the trunk, as well as the original air hose kit for airing up the tires.
 Peerless automobiles had an air compressor incorporated into the engine that was driven off the timing gear.
Both original spare tires are with the car

All from https://www.proxibid.com/asp/Catalog.asp?aid=95240

Isabelle finds and posts some amazing photos

this torpedo is a 1918 Kissel

See what I mean? https://www.facebook.com/isabelle.bracquemond.7?fref=nf

Ruxton, the car with the Woodlite headlights, the colorful stripes, and front wheel drive. Only 96 made, by Hupp and Kissel

Launched in 1929, the Ruxton automobile had a short but fascinating live. The driving force behind the car was notorious stock broker Archie Andrews, who recognised the potential of a front-wheel drive prototype being readied in the experimental department of the Edward G. Budd Company of which he was a major shareholder and board member.

The car itself had been designed by William J. Muller and featured a novel front-wheel drive system, which allowed the car to be significantly lower than its contemporaries. By manipulating stock and strong-arming Edward G. Budd, Andrews seized control of the project. In an attempt to secure additional funding from William Ruxton, Andrews dubbed the new front-wheel drive car the Ruxton. Even though the plan backfired, the name was retained.

In addition to the pioneering front-wheel drive layout, the early Ruxtons also grabbed the attention through the striking striped colour scheme designed by artist Joseph Urban. Andrews himself had no manufacturing capability and as a result the cars were built by others, including Hupp and Kissel. The stock market crash late in 1929 could not have come at a worse time, killing the demand for luxury cars. Production ceased the following year by which time only 96 were built, only 15 of which had been delivered to clients. Of the surviving cars, no fewer than 16 lined up at Pebble Beach this year as a testament to the design brilliance of William J. Muller and the blind ambition of Archie Andrews.

Found on http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/event/340/2014-Pebble-Beach-Concours-d-Elegance.html

1920 Kissel Gold Bug Roadster

above, this looks like a "Fatman" steering wheel. it hinges out of the normal position so a driver with a large belly can get in and out of the drivers seat