Stanley Manufacturing Company

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Stanley Manufacturing Company
legal form Company
founding 1882
resolution 1920
Seat Lawrence , Massachusetts , USA
management Frank F. Stanley
Branch Sewing machines , automobiles

Stanley Manufacturing Company was an American manufacturer of sewing machines and automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in Lawrence , Massachusetts in 1882 . In 1899 Frank F. Stanley ran the company. He started with the production of automobiles. The license came from the Whitney Motor Wagon Company . The brand name was initially Stanley-Whitney , but was changed to McKay in 1899 . In 1900, at least one vehicle was presented at the first American Motor Show in Madison Square Garden in New York City . 25 vehicles were built by the end of the year. Vehicle production ended in early 1902. Sewing machines were then built.

The company should not be confused with the Stanley Motor Carriage Company , which also manufactured steam cars.

vehicles

Steam cars were on offer . A steam engine drove the rear axle via a chain. The original price was 1,800 US dollars . Illustrations show Surrey and Runabout .

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. 954 and p. 1382 (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. 989 (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. 954 (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. 989 (English).
  3. ↑ 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. 1382 (English).