Web Link Amelia Earhart christens 1932 Essex-Terraplane in 1932

Amelia Earhart christens the new Essex-Terraplane automobile in 1932 at the Hudson factory

Web Link 1932 Essex Terraplane hillclimb

A new Essex Terraplane does a hillclimb in 1932

Web Link Winter of 1926: the Normandin family, who owned the Normandin-Campen Hudson dealership in San Jose, California, travel by train from San Jose to the Hudson factory in Detroit

Winter of 1926: the Normandin family, who owned the Normandin-Campen Hudson dealership in San Jose, California, travel by train from San Jose to the Hudson factory in Detroit. 

Lots of train shots, not so much of the factory, although Roy Chapin makes a brief appearance.

Web Link Normandin family visits the Hudson factory, on their way to Europe, this time in 1927

Again the Normandin family visits the Hudson factory, on their way to Europe, this time in 1927. 

At the factory they pick up a new Essex -- to take them around Europe!  Not a whole lot of HMCC this time around, except for a shot of the administration building.