Boston Automobile Company

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Boston Automobile Company
legal form Company
founding 1900
resolution 1902
Seat Bar Harbor , Maine , USA
management E. Shirley Goddard
Branch Automobiles

Boston Automobile Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in 1900 in Bar Harbor , Maine . E. Shirley Goddard was President, Paul Hunt Manager, and George P. Billings Superintendent. The production of automobiles began. The brand name was Standard in 1900 and later Boston . From 1901 the vehicles were marketed as Bar Harbor . In February 1901, vehicles were on display at the Boston Automobile Show . Two vehicles were sold to England and one to India . Production ended in 1902. The reason is not known because business was good.

vehicles

Steam cars were on offer . The maximum speed was given as 74 km / h. There was a choice of a two-seater runabout or a four-seater Surrey . There is also a single-seater.

An overview of US car brands that begin with Standard

brand Manufacturer Marketing start End of marketing Location, state
default Boston Automobile Company 1900 1900 Bar Harbor, Maine
default Standard Motor Vehicle Company (New Jersey) 1900 1901 Camden, New Jersey
default Standard Motor Vehicle Company (California) 1901 1902 Oakland, California
default Standard Motor Construction Company 1904 1905 Jersey City, New Jersey
default St. Louis Car Company 1910 1911 St. Louis, Missouri
default Standard Car Manufacturing Company 1911 1915 Jackson, Michigan
default Standard Engineering Company 1914 1914 Chicago, Illinois
default Standard Steel Car Company 1914 1923 Butler, Pennsylvania
Standard GE Standard Gas Electric Power Company 1909 1910 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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. 105 and p. 138 (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. 131. (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. 105 and p. 138 (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. 131. (English)