My Fa: Elliot Leon Ludvigsen
M father looms large in my recollections. When I wrote my latest book, "Karl Ludvigsen’s Fast Friends", I gave him pole position. Substack readers will enjoy learning about “Lud” Ludvigsen.
In 1922 the Fuller Manufacturing Company completed a handsome new pair of four-story factory buildings at the junction of Pitcher and Prouty Streets on the northern periphery of Kalamazoo, Michigan. Located 142 miles from both Detroit and Chicago by road or rail, Kalamazoo was well placed to serve the growing motor industry.
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