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In 1926, the Jensen-Hannah Motor Company Incorporated, operated a temporary dealership at 1008 East 40th Street, just off 10the Avenue NE. At this time, automotive businesses clustered on 10th Avenue NE between 41st and 53rd. Two other new car dealers were located nearby: the Baird Motor Company, selling the Hudson-Essex line, and the Howard Motor Company, a Ford dealer in the University District, at 1102 East 45th Street. Many auto repair garages lined 10th Avenue NE: at 4343 (Davenport's Super Service, Incorporated, owned by Ted Jungmeyer), 4730 (Perfection Auto Top Company), 5222 (Olson and Wichser Garage), 5333 (A. Lans, aka "Big Gus' Auto Electrician), 5353 (Factory Finish Auto Enameling Company). Additionally, Gordon Stewart operated another garage off of 10th at 815 East 45th Street. An article in the 03/04/1926 issue of the University District Herald newspaper also described a new service station to be built at East 41st Street and 10th Avenue NE for Earl McKale, President of McKale's Incorporated. McKale said of the neighborhood: "After a careful analysis of motor traffic and automobile registration in the various districts of the city we selected the site at Forty-first and Tenth Northeast because it is there that we found the greatest number of cars and the heaviest traffic." (See "Super-Service Co. Buys 10th and 41st Corner," University District Herald, 03/04/1926, p. 11.)

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