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![Miss Maude Odell, one of the first women taxi drivers in New York. She is cranking car (Hub Taxicab Corporation), 1923.](https://cdn.viewing.nyc/assets/media/1082b11cd4af59436f27017875e45b62/elements/d07d7745aac431398d012afa8f402a88/xl/41155205-33a3-4427-b0f7-2c139c29adbd_2x.jpg)
![A new stream-lined taxi-cab in New York City in 1934. The new vehicle was roomier and more comfortable for passengers than earlier versions.](https://cdn.viewing.nyc/assets/media/3aa7397e9eade5e44d79ba51229c63fa/elements/dbc9eb9a4b7431412dfefdf755c28389/xl/2afd4e68-6da8-45bc-b644-037d34b1b6cb_2x.jpg)
![G.H. Brodie, Assistant to the President of Packard Motor Car Co.; Sam Abramson, President of Yale Taxi Co. in New York; and Robert King, President of Packard Federal Corp. (left to right), pictured with the first postwar taxi, in 1946. One of its features was fitting five forward-facing passengers without the usual "jump seats."](https://cdn.viewing.nyc/assets/media/1f5cdb135a5213302232e8c2b73f8def/elements/9f90fc83db71fe8d167ec8120fe879a2/xl/fea893fa-95cc-44cf-926e-8efb9971d4fc_2x.jpg)
![Representative models of the three makes of autos which meet the new specifications for service as New York taxi cabs get a going-over by officials at the Police Division of Licenses Headquarters, July 15, 1954. Left to right, the new stock model small taxis expected to be on the streets by July 16th are: A Chevrolet, a Plymouth, and a Ford.](https://cdn.viewing.nyc/assets/media/ae7cda2d09bfc25454a1f681ed513815/elements/329c25629d5bc0eabd41db9b6b5cd66d/xl/50104b04-1434-49f3-ad5a-c9c6a09e8c00_2x.jpg)
![Two women getting into the first British-built Austin taxi licensed in New York, 1960.](https://cdn.viewing.nyc/assets/media/609833c002ee31c8a71ca5478fa85d4b/elements/e7762e0487300ac2e3cebceea30e6c58/xl/462ebbc6-7524-4378-8c0f-8929479ffffe_2x.jpg)
![Taxis are seen in mid-Manhattan, New York, Nov. 17, 1970.](https://cdn.viewing.nyc/assets/media/64408a4491967758808fa473f9735988/elements/f15aa71e2bc189442755fa410d4951c5/xl/308b22ea-1069-4896-88e5-01f949c691c2_2x.jpg)
![A checkered cab is pulled over on New York's Central Park South, May 4, 1982, right around the time that the Checkered Motor Co. announced it was going out of production.](https://cdn.viewing.nyc/assets/media/b0e71c918de4537ab320e85da98258ab/elements/40d303d7213f33e66382ee032427ef3f/xl/aa9668dc-ece5-45f5-8cb7-95a3675ba00b_2x.jpg)
![Taxis move through a traffic lane in New York City, 1995](https://cdn.viewing.nyc/assets/media/72a3b1dc4949dd4878947d442f95674d/elements/eb358cd9b293e83cc76894ec41fb8af0/xl/85d5912d-72e2-475c-82b5-478d1c46a971_2x.jpg)
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A recent article on TIME shows a collection of New York City taxi cabs, dating back to 1905 when they were drawn by horse. The gallery was put together to celebrate the anniversary of the very first day the famous Checker Taxi was manufactured in Detroit: June 18th, 1923.
From horse-drawn carriages to today’s hybrid sedans, New Yorkers have long relied on cabs to get around town. But no cab is more ingrained in city lore than the boxy Checker. And it was on this day, June 18, 1923, that the first one was manufactured at the Checker Cab factory in Kalamazoo, Mich.
via TIME
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