H. Brothers

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H. Brothers
legal form
founding 19th century
resolution 20th century
Seat Chicago , Illinois , USA
Branch vehicles

H. Brothers was an American manufacturer of vehicles .

Company history

The company began manufacturing carriages in Chicago , Illinois in the 19th century . Between 1902 and 1904, it manufactured automobiles for the first time in collaboration with the Northwestern Furniture Company . In 1908 automobiles were created that were sold on their own account. The brand name was HB , occasionally also written HB . After 1908 the company manufactured vehicle parts.

It is not known when it was disbanded.

vehicles

The only model was a high wheeler . An air-cooled two-cylinder engine with 10 HP power drove the rear axle via a friction gear . The chassis had a 193 cm wheelbase . One illustration shows an open runabout with two seats and a canopy. The original price was 500 US dollars .

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. 692 (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. 678 (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. 692 (English).
  2. ↑ 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. 678 (English).