Lagerquist Auto Company

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Lagerquist Carriage Company
Lagerquist Auto Company
legal form Company
founding 1909 or earlier
resolution 1929 or later
Seat Des Moines , Iowa , USA
management
  • Henry Lagerquist
  • Hugo Lagerquist
Branch Carriages , automobiles , bodies

Lagerquist Auto Company , previously the Lagerquist Carriage Company , was an American manufacturer of carriages , automobiles, and bodywork .

Company history

The company was based in Des Moines , Iowa . The brothers Henry and Hugo Lagerquist ran it. At first they made carriages. In 1909 the production of automobiles was added. The brand name was Lagerquist for passenger cars and Hawkeye for vans . In November 1909 a new plant with two floors was built. Part of it was intended as a repair shop. Motor vehicle production ended in 1909.

In 1929 bodies were still being made. Then the track of the company is lost.

Motor vehicles

The only model was a high wheeler .

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. 834 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c www.coachbuilt.com (accessed on July 28, 2018)
  2. ↑ a b c d e 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. 834 (English).
  3. ↑ Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 170 (English).