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Update on the Crawford Collection

A message to our members and constituents:

The Western Reserve Historical Society’s Board and staff are dedicated to its mission—to acquire and preserve the history of Northeast Ohio and to educate the public about its meaning and relevancy for today. In terms of the Society’s collections, especially those of the Crawford Auto Aviation Museum, this means focusing on acquiring vehicles as well as other artifacts and documents that represent Northeast Ohio's contributions to automobile and aviation history. The Society's refined mission is also to demonstrate the relevance of these historical materials to current and future debates on energy efficiency and entrepreneurship.

WRHS has deaccessioned items from its various collections since its founding in 1867. Currently, it has deaccessioned vehicles from its Crawford collection and made them available for sale at auction. (See list below). Deaccessioned items are determined to be non-essential to the collection if they are either duplicates or not mission-related. The Historical Society regularly reviews its entire collection to determine what is essential and true to its mission. All Historical Society deaccessions follow prudent best-practices museum standards.

The Society cherishes each of its unique and priceless collections. We will continue to be one of the most highly regarded historical societies in the country—weaving together our artifacts and documents to tell the unique stories of Northeast Ohio and their impact on state, national and global history.

The Western Reserve Historical Society –

Crawford Auto Aviation Museum

Deaccessions August 1, 2009*

1919 Locomobile, tp.48, Series 5 Sportif

1930 Bugatti Type 44 Touring Car

1930 Pierce Arrow

1930 Belanger Indianapolis Racer

1949 Bentley

1927 Miller Race Engine

1939 Lincoln Zephyr Convertible

1973 Jaquar e-Type Series III Open 2-Seater

1975 Cadillac Eldorado Convertible Yellowbird

1934 Ford Model 40 Deluxe Coupe

1941 Mercury Convertible

1930 Chevrolet Truck

1964 Ford Galaxie 500 2-door Hardtop

1936 Pontiac Deluxe 6 Coupe

1922 Dodge Brothers Series I Touring

1949 Ford Model 98A Custom Convertible

1976 Cadillac Fleetwood

1963 Chevrolet Corvette 837 Coupe

*These items will be made available at auction through:

RM Auctions Inc.
One Classic Car Drive
Blenheim, ON Canada NOP 1AO
Telephone:519.352.4575
Fax:519.351.1337
www.rmauctions.com