Banker Brothers Company

Banker Brothers Company
legal form	Company
founding	1895 or earlier
resolution	1905 or later
Seat	Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , USA
Branch	Automobiles

Banker Brothers Company was an American distributor for cars and a motor vehicle manufacturer.

Company history

The Banker brothers ran the company from Pittsburgh , Philadelphia . It was originally a dealer for bicycles . An automobile was created in 1895. From around 1902 vehicles were sold by Crestmobile , Daimler , St. Louis , Toledo and Waverley . In 1905, the company manufactured motorized vehicles for children that were marketed as Banker Juvenile . The company continued to exist as a car dealer.

vehicles

The passenger car from 1895 remained a prototype . He had a gasoline engine type Kane-Pennington with 2 hp performance.

The child car of 1905 had an electric motor of Westinghouse with 1.1 kW (1.5 hp). It was 132 cm long and 99 cm wide. The maximum speed was specified as 19 km / h, but could be reduced.

literature

• Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 104 (English).
• George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 130. (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 104 (English).
2. ↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 130. (English)