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1930-1939

1933-1935
Unable to avoid the effects of the great depression, Studebaker goes into receivership March 21, 1933. President Albert Erskine, despondent, commits suicide on July 1, 1933. Studebaker is finally released from receivership on March 9, 1935.

1936
Raymond Loewy begins his association with Studebaker. Raymond Loewy Associates will hold the design account until 1955.

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