Pope-Hartford

Pope-Hartford
Pope Manufacturing Company

Founded	1904;121 years ago (1904)
Founder	Albert A. Pope
Defunct	1914;111 years ago (1914)
Fate	Bankruptcy
Headquarters	Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Products	Automobiles
Production output	4,732 (1904-1914)

1914 advertisement for Pope-Hartford automobiles

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

Introduced on the market for 1904, the first Pope-Hartford was a single-cylinder runabout. A twin-cylinde r 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]

Production models

• Pope-Hartford Model 4 ^[3]
• Pope-Hartford Model D ^[4]
• Pope-Hartford Model F ^[5]
• Pope-Hartford Model G ^[6]
• Pope-Hartford Model V ^[7]
• Pope-Hartford Model L ^[8]
• Pope-Hartford Model M ^[9]
• Pope-Hartford Model S ^[10]
• Pope-Hartford Model T ^[11]
• Pope-Hartford Model W ^[12]

Gallery

• 
  1904 Pope-Hartford Model B 10hp Tonneau
• 
  1909 Pope-Hartford Model S Toy-Tonneau
• 
  1910 Pope-Hartford Model T Tourer
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  1911 Pope-Hartford Model W Touring
• 
  1911 Pope-Hartford Model W Portola Roadster

See also

• Pope-Hartfords at ConceptCarz

References

1. 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.
2. David Corrigan. "The Columbia Cars Are Born". Hog River Journal - Exploring CT History. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
3. "Pope-Hartford Model 4". Hand book of automobiles (1905). 15 January 1905. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
4. "Pope-Hartford Model D". Hand book of automobiles (1905). 15 January 1905. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
5. "Pope-Hartford Model F". Hand book of automobiles (1906). 15 January 1906. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
6. "Pope-Hartford Model G". Hand book of automobiles (1906). 15 January 1906. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
7. "Pope-Hartford Model V". Hand book of automobiles (1906). 15 January 1906. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
8. "Pope-Hartford Model L". Hand book of automobiles (1907). 15 January 1907. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
9. "Pope-Hartford Model M". Hand book of automobiles (1908). 15 January 1908. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
10. "Pope-Hartford Model S". Hand book of automobiles (1909). 15 January 1909. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
11. "Pope-Hartford Model T". Hand book of automobiles (1910). 15 January 1910. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
12. "Pope-Hartford Model W". Hand book of automobiles (1911). 15 January 1911. Retrieved 27 March 2025.