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High on the skeleton tower of one of the new Houses, Mr. McCarthy has been catching rivets from Jim Maloney for many days. Fairly soon the new Buick will be paid for and the Missus can get a new spring coat. The foreman down below is enjoying a comfortable pipe between his rounds of inspection. Lots of work and more coming. Great stuff, these House Plans. If the company continues to make money this way there's no telling what new jobs might open...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ROOM BOOM | 3/14/1930 | See Source »

...Reykjavik there are no street cars, but many a Buick taxicab. Constantly soaring back and forth across the country ?a little smaller than Bulgaria or Kentucky?are two sturdy planes of the German Lufthansa. Two summers ago a German tourist brought several bags of vegetable seed, with the result that many nourishing plants, hitherto unknown in Iceland, sprouted and flourished last summer. But the Icelanders were not particularly pleased. They obey by instinct Explorer Stefansson's rule: A people react with pleasure to a new food in proportion as they have been accustomed to a varied diet. Accustomed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ICELAND: Shamefaced Bankers | 2/17/1930 | See Source »

Your Jan. 13 issue in listing the cars exhibiting at the New York Auto Show omitted the newest member of the General Motors line. Marquette (lowest priced model $990 F. O. B. Flint, Mich.) was introduced June 1, 1929 by the Buick Motor Co. Since that time approximately $23,000,000 have been invested by motorists in new Marquette cars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 3, 1930 | 2/3/1930 | See Source »

...Buick Motor Co. Pittsburgh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 3, 1930 | 2/3/1930 | See Source »

...Buick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: The Automotive Year | 1/13/1930 | See Source »

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