EM Miller Company

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EM Miller Company
legal form Company
founding 1856
resolution 1930
Seat Quincy , Illinois , USA
Branch vehicles

EM Miller Company was an American manufacturer of vehicles . Another source uses the name The Miller-Quincy Company .

Company history

Emerson M. Miller and JH Weaver founded Miller and Weaver in 1856 . The seat was in Quincy , Illinois . Miller Weaver paid off after just three months. Then EM Miller & Co. is handed down when the brother Sereno D. Miller became the partner. At first it made carriages . Around 300 people were employed in the 1880s. Sereno Miller left the company in June 1899. Elbridge K. Stone Jr. became a new partner. In February 1902, EM Miller Company was registered. EM Miller, EK Stone Jr., his son Albert J. Stone and Alfred Boger were involved. In March 1909 Miller withdrew and sold his shares in Stone.

The first motorized hearse was built in 1915 . 116 pieces followed in the next year. Around 1920, 75 people were employed. Between 1922 and 1924, some passenger cars were also built . The brand name was Miller-Quincy .

Production ended in 1930.

vehicles

The cars had a six-cylinder engine from the Continental Motors Company . It made 50 hp . The vehicles were bodied as limousines . The chassis had a wheelbase of 330 cm , as was the case with the hearse. The original price was 2780 US dollars .

Overview of car brands from the US, the Miller include

brand Manufacturer Marketing start End of marketing Location, state
Frayer-Miller Buckeye National Motor Car Company 1904 1909 Springfield, Ohio
Miller Miller 1901 1902 Orrville, Ohio
Miller Miller Motor Company 1907 1907 Bridgeport, Connecticut
Miller Miller Car Company 1911 1914 Detroit, Michigan
Miller Harry A. Miller Manufacturing Company 1928 1932 Los Angeles, California
Miller-Peters Miller-Peters Motor Car Company 1907 1907 Newport, Kentucky
Miller-Quincy EM Miller Company 1922 1924 Quincy, Illinois

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. 977 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1037 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d 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. 977 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1037 (English).
  3. ↑ a b c Buggies to Hearses: The EM Miller Company by Jack Hilbing from April 23, 2017 (English, accessed October 20, 2018)