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[[File:ANZAC Day Parade 2013 in Melbourne - 8680257876.jpg|thumb|A 1922-1925 Yellow Cab in Australia]]<br />
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The '''Yellow Cab Manufacturing Company''' was a manufacturer of automobiles and light trucks in operation from 1920 to its 1925 sale to [[General Motors]]. It was formed through the renaming of the Walden W. Shaw Manufacturing Company upon Shaw's retirement, which had been established in 1916 by [[Yellow Cab Company]] owner/operators Shaw and partner [[John D. Hertz]]. Its primary product was [[taxicab]]s.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Morrissy |first=Anne |title=Street Fight: The Chicago Taxi Wars of the 1920s |date=March 5, 2024 |publisher=Lyons Press |isbn=978-1-4930-6867-8 |location=Lanham, MD |language=English}}</ref> <br />
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==History==<br />
[[File:Yellow Taxi Cab 1930.jpg|thumb|A [[General Motors|GM]]-produced Yellow Cab from 1930, after the company's 1925 sale]]<br />
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The Yellow Cab Manufacturing Company was established in 1920 by [[Yellow Cab Company]] owner [[John D. Hertz]] after the retirement of his partner, Walden W. Shaw. The two had first founded the cab company together, then The Waldren W. Shaw Manufacturing Company to produce taxis for it. The Shaw manufacturing company was renamed Yellow.<ref name=YellowHist>{{cite web|url=http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/y/yellow_cab/yellow_cab.htm|title=Yellow Taxicab....}}</ref><br />
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From 1921 the company manufactured Passenger Cars and Light Trucks and by 1923 its earning were $4,005,365.<ref name=YellowHist/> Hertz established the [[Yellow Coach Manufacturing Company]] as subsidiary of the Yellow Cab Company in that year.<ref>{{cite book|title=Yellow Coach Buses 1923 Through 1943: Photo Archive|isbn=1-58388-054-2|year=2001|page=8}}</ref><br />
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The company was sold to [[General Motors]] in 1925.<ref name=YellowHist/><br />
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