Predecessor | Kerr, Cunningham, and Company (1838) |
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Founded | 1882Rochester, New York, United States | in
Founder | James Cunningham |
Defunct | 1936 |
Fate | bankruptcy |
Headquarters | , |
Products | horse-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.