McPherson Cycle Company

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McPherson Cycle Company
legal form Company
founding 1897 or earlier
resolution 1903 or later
Seat McPherson , Kansas , USA
management TW Temple
Branch vehicles

McPherson Cycle Company was an American manufacturer of vehicles .

Company history

The company was based in McPherson , Kansas . It made bicycles . TW Temple was involved from 1897. It remains unclear whether the company existed before. In 1902, Temple began manufacturing automobiles . The brand name was Temple . The Horseless Age reported about it in January 1903. In the same month, Temple took over the company. Motor vehicle production ended in 1903. It is not known whether bicycles were made after that.

vehicles

Bicycles were on offer as well as automobiles from 1902 onwards. Temple adjusted the motor vehicles to the wishes of the buyers.

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. 1456 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 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. 1456 (English).
  2. ↑ Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 280 (English).