Morris Markin was a Russian-born American businessman who founded the Checker Cab Manufacturing Company.
10 Facts About Morris Markin
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From New York City, Markin went to Chicago to live with his uncle.
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Morris Markin held several jobs as an errand boy, the last for a tailor who taught him the trade.
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Morris Markin worked hard and saved enough money to bring seven brothers and two sisters to the States.
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In 1921, Morris Markin entered the automobile business when he collected an auto body manufacturing company from an engineer named Lomberg.
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Morris Markin had loaned fifteen-thousand-dollars to Lomberg earlier in an effort to keep the company afloat.
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When it failed, Lomberg returned to Morris Markin to ask for more money.
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Morris Markin refused and took over the company for his debt.
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Morris Markin then picked up a failed automobile manufacturer, Commonwealth Motors, and with it the accountant, Ralph E Oakland.
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Morris Markin moved his entire operation to Kalamazoo and on February 2,1922 formed the Checker Cab Manufacturing Company.