Northwestern Furniture Company

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Northwestern Furniture Company
legal form Company
founding 1881
resolution 1932
Seat Milwaukee , Wisconsin , USA
Branch Furniture , automobiles

Northwestern Furniture Company was an American manufacturer of furniture and automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in 1881 in Milwaukee , Wisconsin . It manufactured furniture until 1930.

In 1902 the production of automobiles began in cooperation with H. Brothers from Chicago . The brand name was Haase , named after the company's president at the time. By December 1902, 15 vehicles had already been sold. In mid-1904, sales fell. Vehicle production ended in the same year.

At the end of 1906, the company announced that it would act as a vehicle dealer.

In 1932 the company was dissolved.

vehicles

Model A and Model B were on offer . Both had a two-cylinder engine in the rear that drove the rear axle. The engine output was given as 6 HP for the former model and 8 HP for the latter model. The chassis had a wheelbase of 183 cm . The tank was under the bench. The open body in the form of a runabout offered space for two people. It was steered with a steering lever from the left seat.

The vehicles were initially priced at $ 1,000 and $ 1,200 respectively. In mid-1904, prices were lowered to $ 600 and $ 750, respectively.

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. 666 (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. 661 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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. 666 (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. 661 (English).
  3. ↑ a b c Information from the Milwaukee County Historical Society (accessed April 7, 2018)