Pope-Waverley
One of the brands of the Pope Motor Car Company founded by Albert Augustus Pope and was a manufacturer of Brass Era electric automobiles in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Pope Manufacturing Company
Founded by Albert Augustus Pope around 1876 in Boston, Massachusetts, US and incorporated in Hartford, Connecticut in 1877.
Between the years 1903 and 1915, the company operated a number of automobile companies including Pope-Hartford (19031914), Pope-Robinson, Pope-Toledo (19031909), Pope-Tribune (19041907) and Pope-Waverley.
Brass Era car
American term for the early period of automotive manufacturing, named for the prominent brass fittings used during this time for such things as lights and radiators.
Pope-Waverly Company (Indianapolis, Indiana)
Albert Augustus Pope
Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel in the Union Army.
Between the years 1903 and 1915, the company operated a number of automobile companies including Pope-Hartford (19031914), Pope-Robinson, Pope-Toledo (19031909), Pope-Tribune (19041907) and Pope-Waverly.
List of defunct automobile manufacturers of the United States
List of defunct automobile manufacturers of the United States.
Pope-Waverley (1903–1908)
William E. Metzger
Automotive pioneer and salesman from Detroit.
Metzger built the first U. S. automobile retail showroom, which opened 7 June, 1897, selling Waverley electric cars.
Carlton Carriage Company
Highly respected London coachbuilder that provided bespoke coachwork for some of the finest car makers of the 1920s and 30s.
The main European manufactures for which Carlton provided bodies included: Alfa Romeo, Bentley, Daimler, Delahaye, Hipano-Suiza, Humber, Lancia, Lagonda, Mercedes, MG, Rolls-Royce, Talbot, Vauxhall, Wolseley and Waverly.
Clinton Edgar Woods
Electrical and mechanical engineer, inventor, manufacturer of automobiles in Chicago and New York City.
This company merged in 1898 with Indiana Bicycle Co. to become Waverly, and later as Pope-Waverley would produce cars until the year 1914.
James Simpson Conwell
Businessman, inventor and local politician in Illinois and California.
In 1899, he built the first Waverly electric pleasure car.
American Electric (1899 automobile)
American automobile manufactured in Chicago from 1899 to 1902 and Hoboken, New Jersey, in 1902.
The company was incorporated by Clinton Edgar Woods in 1895 as American Electric Vehicle Co. Chicago, and merged with Indiana Bicycle Co. to become Waverly in 1898 and later Pope-Waverley.
High wheeler
Car which uses large diameter wheels that are similar to those used by horse-drawn vehicles.
Waverley Electric*