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Page 2 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BUREAU OF THE CENSUS WASHINGTON FACTORY SALES OF AUTOMOBILE TRAILERS: 1936 Table 1. - FACTORY SALES OF AUTOMOBILE TRAILERS, BY TYPES: 1936 [[7 column table]] Item | Total All Types | House or Coach Trailers | House Cars 1/ | All Other Types of Passenger Car Trailers 2/ | Motor Truck Trailers | Motor Truck Semi-Trailers Number of Manufacturers 3/ | 357 | 201 | 6 | 73 | 67 | 116 Number of Trailers Sold | 53,646 | 16,173 | 10 | 11,069 | 2,519 | 23,875 Total Factory Value 4/ | $27,421,763 | $8,496,021 | $9,521 | $771,627 | $2,296,444 | $15,848,150 1/ Body resting entirely on propelling vehicle. 2/ Includes all types of passenger car trailers, except those classified under house or coach trailers and house cars. 3/ The aggregate of the number of manufacturers shown for the respective types of trailers exceeds 357 because some manufacturers sell more than one type of trailer. 4/ Net wholesale (f.o.b. factory) value based on prices charged to dealers, distributors, and branch agencies, including excise taxes. Table 2. - FACTORY SALES OF ALL TYPES OF AUTOMOTIVE TRAILERS, BY STATES: 1936 1/ [Reports were made on an f.o.b. factory basis, and therefore the statistics refer to the States in which the trailers were produced and not to distribution by sales outlets.] [[4 column table]] State | Number of Manufacturers | Number of Trailers Sold | Total Factory Value 2/ | United States | 357 | 53,646 | $27,421,763 California | 86 | 4,618 | 2,999,292 Florida | 6 |93 | 129,967 Illinois | 22 | 2,997 | 512,722 Indiana | 15 | 649 | 407,856 Iowa | 7 | 216 | 111,090 Michigan | 58 | 22,728 |14,213,368 Minnesota | 13 | 329 | 82,902 Missouri | 7 | 820 | 677,013 New Jersey | 5 | 304 | 409,263 New York | 16 | 858 | 517,778 Ohio | 22 | 7,750 | 1,714,174 Oregon | 7 | 231 | 180,812 Pennsylvania | 19 | 1,425 | 751,581 Texas | 9 | 846 | 323,175 Washington | 6 | 167 | 200,150 All other States | 59 | 9,615 | 4,190,620 1/ Includes statistics for house and coach trailers, house cars, all other types of passenger car trailers, and motor truck trailers and semi-trailers. 2/ Net wholesale (f.o.b factory) value based on prices charged to dealers, distributors, and branch agencies, including excise taxes. Req#8139