Richmond & Holmes Company

Richmond & Holmes Company
legal form	Company
founding	1895
resolution	1904
Seat	St. Johns , Michigan , USA
management	Richmond Brothers Holmes
Branch	Automobiles

Richmond & Holmes Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Richmond brothers founded the company in St. Johns , Michigan in 1895 as a mechanical workshop. They made stationary engines from 1896 . In 1900 a Mr. Holmes took over half of the company. It is said that he wanted to secure jobs for his sons. In 1902 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Ideal . Plans initially amounted to ten vehicles. Production ended in 1904. A total of two or three vehicles were built. One of them was bought by a photographer from St. Johns.

There were several US manufacturers of Ideal branded passenger vehicles : Ideal Automobile Manufacturing Company , Richmond & Holmes Company, B. & P. ​​Company , Ideal Motor Vehicle Company , Ideal Runabout Manufacturing Company , Bethlehem Automobile Company , Ideal Electric Vehicle Company , Ideal Shop and Bethlehem Motor Truck Company .

vehicles

The vehicles had a gasoline engine . The bodies were open.

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. 762 (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. 762 (English).
2. ↑ Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 150 (English).