Pope-Hartford
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Founded | 1904 |
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Founder | Albert A. Pope |
Defunct | 1914 |
Fate | Bankruptcy |
Headquarters | Hartford, Connecticut, |
Products | Automobiles |
Production output | 4,732 (1904-1914) |
![1914 advertisement for Pope-Hartford automobiles](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Pope-hartford_ad_14.jpg/220px-Pope-hartford_ad_14.jpg)
The Pope-Hartford was one of the automobile marques of the Pope Manufacturing Company founded by Colonel Albert A. Pope, and was a manufacturer of Brass Era automobiles in Hartford between 1904 and 1914.[1][2]
History
[edit]Introduced on the market for 1904, the first Pope-Hartford was a single-cylinder runabout. A twin-cylinder followed in 1905, and a four-cylinder in 1906 A six-cylinder Pope-Hartford did not arrive until 1911.[1]
A 1910 Pope-Hartford Forty won the free-for-all race in November of 1909 celebrating the 300th anniversary of the discovery of San Francisco Bay by Don Gaspar de Portola, and for 1911 Pope-Hartford made available a chain-drive Fiat chassis fitted with a Pope engine and marketed as the Fiat-Portola.[1]
On August 10, 1909, Colonel Albert A. Pope died and his brother George took over. By 1914, Pope-Hartford production continued under receivership. Pope Manufacturing Company had been selling-off its property and the Pope-Hartford plant was sold in 1915.[1]
Gallery
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1904 Pope-Hartford Model B 10hp Tonneau
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1909 Pipe-Hartford Model S Toy-Tonneau
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1910 Pope-Hartford Model T Tourer
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1911 Pope-Hartford Model W Touring
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1911 Pope-Hartford Model W Portola Roadster
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ David Corrigan. "The Columbia Cars Are Born". Hog River Journal - Exploring CT History. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
- Companies established in 1876
- Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States
- Manufacturing companies based in Hartford, Connecticut
- Defunct manufacturing companies based in Connecticut
- Brass Era vehicles
- 1900s cars
- 1910s cars
- Motor vehicle manufacturers based in Connecticut
- Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1904
- Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1914
- Cars introduced in 1904