What kind of Cessna

I'm taking my aunt back and forth to the doctor/hospital by car. It takes one
and half hours one way. It would take 30 minutes one way by Cessna 172. Her
first husband was a corporate pilot back in the 1930's and 1940's. I remember
him flying a Beech staggerwing, but to her it was a Beechcraft.

She said the company gave the Beechcraft to the government for the war effort,
and replaced it with a Cessna. What kind of business aircraft was Cessna making
in the 30's and 40's? I have the funny feeling she expect me to show up the
"Songbird".

George