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-cylinder 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]

Gallery

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