A Brief History of New York City Taxi Cabs

Taxi Cab
Museum of Modern Art / AP

By the 1920s, as demand for autos boomed, industrialists had recognized the potential of the taxi market. Automobile manufacturers like General Motors and the Ford Motor Company began operating fleets of cabs. Here, a New York City yellow cab in 1929.

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