Defunct American motor vehicle manufacturer
Matheson Motor Car Company1910 Matheson Logo |
1908 Matheson Motor Car Advertisement |
Company type | Automobile Manufacturing |
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Industry | Automotive |
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Predecessor | Holyoke Automobile Company - Purchased |
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Founded | 1903; 121 years ago (1903) |
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Founder | Charles W. Matheson, Frank W. Matheson |
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Defunct | 1912; 112 years ago (1912) |
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Fate | Bankruptcy |
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Successor | Factory - Owen Magnetic |
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Headquarters | , |
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Key people | Charles & Frank Matheson, Charles R. Greuter, L. D. Kenan, A. M. Dean |
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Products | Vehicles Automotive parts |
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Footnotes / references [1] [2] |
The Matheson was a luxury American automobile manufactured from 1903 to 1912, first in Grand Rapids, Michigan, then Holyoke, Massachusetts and from 1906 in a purpose-built factory in Forty Fort, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.[3][4]
Matheson Motor Car Company president was Charles W. Matheson with Frank F. Matheson serving as Secretary.[5]
- ^ Kimes, Beverly Rae; Clark Jr., Henry Austin (1996). Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1942 (3rd ed.). Krause Publications. ISBN 978-0-87341-428-9.
- ^ Georgano, Nick (2001). The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile (3 vol. ed.). Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers. ISBN 1-57958-293-1.
- ^ Kimes, Beverly Rae; Clark Jr., Henry Austin (1996). Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1942 (3rd ed.). Krause Publications. ISBN 978-0-87341-428-9.
- ^ Georgano, Nick (2001). The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile (3 vol. ed.). Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers. ISBN 1-57958-293-1.
- ^ International Motor Cyclopaedia, Year Book-March 1908 to March 1909, Page 305, Publisher: E.E. Schwarzkopf, New York.