Collections : [Bridgeport History Center, Bridgeport Public Library]

These papers concern William Carlson, who along with his brother Philip was the founder of Metropolitan Body Company, a truck manufacturer, in Brigeport in 1919. A small number of materials related to the company accompany a larger collection of Carlson's correspondence, records of philanthropy, photos of his role as Ringmaster in Bridgeport's 1952 Barnum Festival, and tributes following his death in 1970.