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The '''F. A. Whitney Carriage Company''' in [[Leominster, Massachusetts]], [[United States]] is named after Francis Austin Whitney, who founded the company in [[1858]] with cousin Francis Wolfe Whitney. |
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They were the first manufacturers of baby carriages in America. |
They were the first manufacturers of baby carriages in America. |
Revision as of 18:47, 3 October 2008
The F. A. Whitney Carriage Company in Leominster, Massachusetts, United States is named after Francis Austin Whitney, who founded the company in 1858 with cousin Francis Wolfe Whitney.
They were the first manufacturers of baby carriages in America.
Sources
- Blair, Cynthia, 1848: Baby Carriage Invented, retrieved 2007-08-14
- Monoosnoc Brook Greenway Project, retrieved 2007-08-14
- F. A. Whitney Carriage Company, retrieved 2007-08-14
- Carriage Spring patent # 157,952, retrieved 2007-08-14
- Carriages made of wicker didn't stand the test of time, San Diego Union-Tribune, May 12005, retrieved 2007-08-14