A Photo Portfolio

West of Laramie is an on-line book published by the Communications Department of Wayne State University as a service to Detroit, the automobile industry and fans of automobiles everywhere.

We have found this on-line book to be a very informative and interesting look into the history of our Automobile. We at Willshire Ltd. wish to thank Wayne State University, author Richard A. Wright and photographer Jenny King for making this available to everyone.

Jenny King is an adjunct member of the journalism faculty at Wayne State University in Detroit. She is a free-lance writer, specializing in automotive coverage, for the Chicago Tribune, The Detroit News, the Grosse Pointe News, Intelligent Transport News, AutoWeek, Old Cars Weekly and other publications. She also writes on real estate topics for several national and local publications, and writes on the arts and cultural institutions in Michigan. She writes and edits Initiative, a newsletter for the Concerned Citizens for the Arts in Michigan. Ms. King is also a professional carilloneur who performs regularly at Christ Church Cranbrook in Bloomfield Hills, MI, at the Univesity of Michigan's Burton Tower in Ann Arbor, MI, Grosse Pointe Memorial Church in Grosse Pointe, MI, and at her home church, Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian in Detroit.

Ms. King owns the copyright to the photographs in this portfolio, taken over years of automotive coverage of collector car auctions and shows, but has granted permission for their use. Please send an email note and give credit to Jenny King. Jenny King is a partner with Richard A. Wright and can be contacted at Wright/King Editorial Services, Grosse Pointe.