Dodge, Horace Sr. ; Auto Manufacturer

Description:

Portrait of auto baron Horace E. Dodge. "John and Horace Dodge moved to Detroit with their family in 1886, already experienced machinists, they worked for several shops in Detroit and Windsor Canada, until 1901 when they began producing automobile parts ... in 1903, the Dodge Brothers contracted with Henry Ford for 650 chassis and acquired fifty shares of Ford stock, worth ten thousand dollars, they sold it back to Ford in 1919 for $25 million, in 1913 they established the Dodge Brothers Motors Car Company, based on the Dodges reputations, twenty-two thousand people applied for dealerships before the first car rolled off the assembly line of the Hamtramck plant on November 14, 1914, both brothers died of influenza in 1920," from the Michigan Historical Markers website.

Notes:

Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library

Data Provider:

Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library

Collection:

Virtual Motor City

Subject Topic:

Automobile industry executives and Portraits

Subject Name:

Dodge, Horace E. and (Horace Elgin)

Format:

photographs

Rights:

Copyright Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University

URL:

http://digital.library.wayne.edu/item/wayne:vmc77462