James Cunningham, Son and Company

James Cunningham, Son and Company
PredecessorKerr, Cunningham, and Company (1838)
Founded1882; 142 years ago (1882) in Rochester, New York, United States
FounderJames Cunningham
Defunct1936; 88 years ago (1936)
Fatebankruptcy
Headquarters,
Productshorse-drawn coaches, automobiles

James Cunningham, Son and Company was an American business based in Rochester, New York, initially manufacturing horse-drawn coaches, that from 1908 onward developed and produced automobiles. The Cunningham company was a pioneer in automobile production, credited with being one of the world's first developers and manufacturers of automobiles and, in 1916, one of the first carmakers to produce an American V8 engine automobile.[1] Its Cunningham automobile was a pioneering American production automobile.

  1. ^ Janet Wolff (2003). AngloModern: Painting and Modernity in Britain and the United States. Cornell University Press. pp. 58–. ISBN 978-0-8014-8742-2. Retrieved 11 September 2012.