Buzz Howell in a 1949 Super Chief compact station wagon, which was manufactured by the Keller Motors Corporation in Huntsville, Alabama.
The car was owned by Howell's grandfather, Hubert Mitchell of Hartselle, who was one of Keller's initial investors in 1947. The company produced only eighteen cars before the sudden death of its founder, George Keller, led to its close. A similar photograph was published in the Huntsville...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Summary: | The car was owned by Howell's grandfather, Hubert Mitchell of Hartselle, who was one of Keller's initial investors in 1947. The company produced only eighteen cars before the sudden death of its founder, George Keller, led to its close. A similar photograph was published in the Huntsville Times on September 13, 1988, with the following caption: "Buzz Howell is pictured with the last known available Keller automobile." (As of 2013, three of the cars were known to be in existence.) |
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