WSAH Fall Meeting, 2022
The WSAH Fall Meeting was held on Saturday, October 22, 2022 at 1:30 PM at the Automobile Gallery in Green Bay, WI. The main topic
October 22, 2022
The Wisconsin Society of Automotive Historians (WSAH) is a non-profit organization affiliated with the Wisconsin Historical Society as well as the Society of Automotive Historians.
The purpose of WSAH is to preserve, advance, and disseminate knowledge of the history of the automobile in Wisconsin, the United States, and worldwide.
The majority of members are Wisconsin residents, but the Society has members from other states and welcomes north inquiries and membership from anyone, anywhere.
For more details and membership info, lease contact WSAH President Ken Nicmocks.
WSAH meetings are held three times a year. The official Annual Meeting takes place at the lola Car Show in July. The WSAH also meets at The Wisconsin Automotive Museum in Hartford, Wisconsin, home of the Kissel.
One of WSAH’s major activities and primary fund-raiser is the Iola Car Show where society is paid for our efforts along with more than 135 other non-profit organizations whose members volunteer to put on the show.
Since 1991 WSAH members have planned and staffed the Theme Exhibit section of the show, which involves displaying 200-300 vehicles, including up to 50 for a special exhibit inside the Theme Exhibit Building.
The WSAH also selects vehicles for the official Iola poster and sells a variety of promotional and collectible items on behalf of the show. A combination sales and WSAH information table is located in the Theme Exhibit Building where the society encourages new members to join and fields questions about the show as well as automotive history.
For several years the WSAH has given monetary support to the Wisconsin Automotive Museum, donated to various Wisconsin historical projects and sponsored benches for the lola Car Show.
The WSAH has published the book Wisconsin Cars and Trucks: A Centenary and produced a video entitled A Walk through Automotive History with Chet Krause (founder of Krause Publications a well as the Iola Old Car Show)
The WSAH has also produced the first of a series of video recordings relating to important people and places in Wisconsin automotive history, beginning with an interview of Gene Grengs of Eau Claire, WI, who owned movie theaters and began collecting and restoring cars with his grandfather while he was quite young. Please click here to view the Gene Grengs video.
The WSAH Fall Meeting was held on Saturday, October 22, 2022 at 1:30 PM at the Automobile Gallery in Green Bay, WI. The main topic
The WSAH Summer Meeting was called to order at 11:00 AM on Friday, July 8th, in the Special Exhibit Building at the Iola Car Show.
The WSAH Spring Meeting was held Saturday April 23, 2022 at the Dahl Auto Museum in La Crosse, Wisconsin at 1:00 PM. Twelve Officers, Directors
We are delighted to announce that the Carhart Chronicle, the newsletter of the WSAH, has been awarded a 2021 Golden Quill Award by Old Cars
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