Name/Title
Detroit Men Buy Autoworks Newspaper Clipping,1902Entry/Object ID
2000.1.6Tags
1900'sScope and Content
Newspaper article, "Detroit Men Buy Autoworks", newspaper unknown, author unknown
Details the purchase of the Ohio Automobile works by Detroit men: Russell A. Alger, Jr., Fred M. Alger, John S. and Truman Newberry, H.B. and R. P. Joy, Charles A. Ducharme, D.M. Ferry, Jr., William O. and Philip H. McMillan and Joseph Boyer.
The company's capital is $500,000, and would be moved to Detroit to expand scale of operations. The company will be named Packard.
Board of Directors: Truman Newberry, Harry B. Joy, Mr. Weiss (underlined in pencil), W.D. and J. W. Packard, Philip H. McMillan, Joseph Boyer, and R.A. Alger, Jr.Collection
George Weiss Collection