STUDEBAKER
THE START : $68 AND A FATHERS WORD
Clement and Henry Studebaker opened for business in a simple blacksmith shop in South Bend Ind. on Feb 16, 1852. Their first days operation grossed a total of twenty-five cents, for shoeing a horse. In the first year of operation they built three wagons and sold two.
THE GREAT
CARRIAGE AND WAGON FACTORY
At South Bend Indiana
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STUDEBAKER BROTHERS
THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR 1867-1868 ARE COMPLETE
Founded in 1852 with willing hands and stout hearts, but no capital. We have struggled upward overcoming all discourgements, until today we employ
ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY HANDS
And turn out more work than any wagon factory in Indiana.
We are willing to abide by the injunction , By Their Works You Shall Know Them. Let our works praise us. we ask no other indorsement, We claim to be.
UNSURPASSED IN EXCELLENCE OF WORKMANSHIP AND MATERIAL
And we make our prices such that no purdent man will claim to undersell us. On this base we plant our flag, and here we propose to fight to the end. Confident of our ability we declare to all men that we will not surrender while a shot remains in the locker, nor while we have the means to justify our proposed end.
LABOR OMNIA VINCIT
Our Stock is complete and perfect. Wagons, Carriages, Buggies, Slieghs, and all vehicles always on hand in great variety or made to order with dispatch.
WORK FULLY WARRANTED
STUDEBAKER BROTHERS....
By the start of the 20th Century, Studebaker was manufacturing both electric and fuel powered automobiles. Studebaker also supplied the Allies with fine Studebaker wagons during WW1.
From 1920 until its closing in 1966 Studebaker cars and trucks were always leaders in styling and engineering. Many of the famous automobiles that rolled off the South Bend assembly line are and will remain a part of the great American automotive history. These automobiles are also some of the most sought after cars and trucks.