The Hale & Kilburn company of Philadelphia was a furniture manufacturing company founded by Warren Hale and Cheney Kilburn. The Hale & Kilburn company's primary business was the production of railroad car seats for the greatly expanding American railroad companies.
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Hale, Kilburn, & Co. was organized in 1867 by Warren Hale, Cheney Kilburn, two of Hale's sons and Artemus Kilburn, brother of Cheney Kilburn. [1] [2] It was incorporated as the Hale & Kilburn Manufacturing Company in 1876 with Cheney Kilburn serving as its first president and Warren Hale serving as vice president. Warren Hale's son, Henry S. Hale, became president after him. [2]
Edward Budd started his career working at the American Pulley Company as a machinest. The American Pulley Company's main purpose was to make steel pulleys for railway cars vs the traditional iron pulleys. The American Pulley Company also supplied stamped seat pedestals to Hale & Kilburn. In 1902, Budd joined Hale & Kilburn for twice his salary, and shortly after he rose the ranks to become general manager. Once Hale & Kilburn went under new ownership, Budd left the company in 1931 as the new owners didn't agree with him. [3] [ dead link ]
The Hale & Kilburn company was sold to J.P. Morgan & Co. in 1911 for $9 million. [4]
The Hale & Kilburn company was reorganized in 1920 as the American Motor Body Company, a corporation founded by the American Can Company to merge Hale & Kilburn and the Wadsworth Manufacturing Company (Detroit, Michigan). [5] [6] In 1923, Charles M. Schwab purchased the American Motor Body Company. [5] On September 4, 1925, Walter Chrysler announced the Chrysler Corporation's purchase of the Detroit plant of the American Motor Body Corporation. [5] [7] In 1926, the American Motor Body Corporation and its Safeway Six-Wheel subsidiary were sold to the American Car and Foundry Company. [5] [8]
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