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Horace Elgin Dodge Sr. (May 17, 1868 – December 10, 1920) was an American automobile manufacturing pioneer and co-founder of Dodge Brothers Company . Early years and business. He was born in Niles, Michigan, on May 17, 1868. [1] . His father owned a foundry and machine shop.
16 de may. de 2024 · Precisamente ese año de 1920, fallecen los dos hermanos Dodge. John Francis Dodge muere el 14 de enero, de influenza, a los 54 años y su hermano menor, Horace Elgin Dodge, desconsolado y sin ánimo de vivir, fallece el 10 de diciembre, de cirrosis hepática, a los 50 años de edad.
Horace Dodge was an automotive pioneer who founded the Dodge automobile brand with his brother John. He was a wealthy and influential figure in Detroit, known for his yachts, his home, his contributions to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and his memorial fountain.
Horace E. Dodge and John F. Dodge were American brothers and automobile manufacturers who invented one of the first all-steel cars in America. Bicycles were the first vehicles produced by the Dodge brothers. In 1901 they opened a machine shop in Detroit, making stove parts and, later, auto parts.
24 de feb. de 2015 · The original logo of the Dodge Brothers Company, founded by Horace Elgin Dodge and John Francis Dodge in 1900, was a circle with two interlocking triangles forming a six-pointed star. The symbol was discontinued in 1939 and may have been influenced by the Star of David, Solomon's Seal, or the Greek letter Delta.
Horace Elgin Dodge was one of the earliest and most successful automotive pioneers of the twentieth century. He and his brother John Francis Dodge designed and manufactured their own Dodge Brothers automobile, and invested in the Ford Motor Company.
Horace Elgin Dodge was born in Niles, Michigan in May, 1864. His brother, John Francis Dodge, was born there in 1864. Their father ran a machine shop and foundry, presumably supplying the roundhouse and numerous repair shops of the Michigan Central in Niles with parts and tools.
