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Celebrating Our Past: Nov. 13, 2019
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Photos supplied by the Green County Historical Society
In May 1928 the Monroe Hudson-Essex Company opened its doors in the old Fitzgibbons building on 18th Avenue, selling and servicing Hudson-Essex cars. Under the brand name “Essex,” the Hudson car company released a compact passenger car affordable for the middle class due to the low cost of mass production.