Holsman Automobile Company

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Overview
ManufacturerHolsman Automobile Company
Production1901–1910
Body and chassis
Body style High wheeler
Powertrain
Transmission Rope drive

The Holsman Automobile Company was an early American automobile manufacturer in Chicago, Illinois, between 1901 and 1910. Founded by Henry K. Holsman, the company produced a high wheeler automobile. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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Built by Henry K Holsman and HC Bryan, the Holsman was the first commercially successful highwheeler, which encouraged many other Midwest manufacturers to start highwheeler production in the first decade of the twentieth century. [7]

The Holsman was a very simple design - unfortunately this resulted in the company's demise. Unlike other companies, who added pneumatic-tired standard models, Holsman stuck faithfully to highwheeler production only until the company folded in 1910. [7]

He then relocated 50 miles west to Plano, Illinois and produced a Holsman look-a-like called the Independent Harvester, which only lasted until 1911. [7]

References

  1. ↑ Perschbacher, Gerald (March 25, 2010). "High times for the highwheeler: as America's first great highwheeler, the Holsman was hard to beat". Old Cars Weekly. F+W Media, Inc: 16(1). ISSN   0048-1637.
  2. ↑ Henry K. Holsman; Parlette, Ralph, 1870- (1922), Giant We-the-People and Judge Landis' awardMicroform, Chicago Parlette-Padget, retrieved May 13, 2017{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)[ dead link ]
  3. ↑ "1906 Holsman Horseless Carriage Model 7 High- Wheeler 2 Cylinder Featured at Kaminski Auctions Pre New Years Sale". PRWeb Newswire. Vocus PRW Holdings LLC. December 21, 2011. Retrieved May 13, 2017.[ dead link ]
  4. ↑ Unidentified (1908), Dr. H. C. Garde in his Holsman high wheeler, Maryborough, ca. 1908, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, retrieved May 13, 2017[ dead link ]
  5. ↑ "THE "HOLSMAN" MOTOR BUGGY". The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser . Vol. LXXXVIII, no. 2487. New South Wales, Australia. July 7, 1909. p. 12. Retrieved May 13, 2017– via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "MOTOR BUGGIES". The Sydney Morning Herald . No. 22, 553. New South Wales, Australia. April 27, 1910. p. 11. Retrieved May 13, 2017– via National Library of Australia.
  7. 1 2 3 Kimes, Beverly Rae (1996). Standard Catalog of American Cars: 1805-1942 (3rd ed.). Iola, WI: Krause Publications. p. 712. ISBN   0873414284.


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