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1905 \"STUDEBAKER WAGONS\" WERE ON SALE BY C. M. WOOLF & CO. WASHINGTON D.C.
STUDEBAKER MADE WAGONS TOO IN TGHE EARLY 20TH CENTURY. RARE COVER.1929 AUTOMOBILES SOUTH BEND, INDIANA. WHERE THEIR FACTORY AND BASE OFOPERATIONS WERE.KEY ITEM IS THE 1905.
Company History
- 1852: Henry and Clement Studebaker opened a blacksmith and wagon shop in South Bend.
- 1902: The firm entered the automotive era by building electric vehicles, followed by gasoline cars in 1904.
- 1920: Horse-drawn vehicle production ended as the company shifted fully to automobiles.
- 1954: Studebaker merged with the Packard Motor Car Company to form the Studebaker-Packard Corporation in an effort to compete with Detroit\'s Big Three.
1966: Automobile production officially ceased after facing severe financial decline
Studebaker was an American wagon and automobile manufacturer based in South Bend, Indiana. The company held a location at 1600 Broadway in Times Square, Midtown Manhattan, New York City.The company was founded in 1852 and incorporated in 1868[5] as the Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company. The firm was originally a coachbuilder, manufacturing wagons, buggies, carriages, and harnesses.
Studebaker entered the automotive business in 1902 with electric vehicles and, in 1904, gasoline vehicles, all sold under the name \"Studebaker Automobile Company\". Until 1911, its automotive division operated in partnership with the Garford Company of Elyria, Ohio, and after 1909 with the E-M-F Company and with the Flanders Automobile Company. The first gasoline automobiles to be fully manufactured by Studebaker were marketed in August 1912[6]: 231 and over the next 50 years, the company established a reputation for quality, durability and reliability.[7]
After an unsuccessful 1954 merger with Packard (the Studebaker-Packard Corporation) and failure to solve chronic post-WWII cash flow problems, the \'Studebaker Corporation\' name was restored in 1962. When this happened the South Bend plant stopped automobile production on December 20, 1963,[8] and the last Studebaker automobile rolled off the Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, assembly line on March 17, 1966. Studebaker continued as an independent manufacturer before merging with Wagner Electric in May 1967[9] and then Worthington Corporation in February 1968[10] to form Studebaker-Worthington.
