Elkhart Motor Car Co.

Although virtually unknown today, the Elkhart Carriage and Motor Car Co. of Elkhart, Indiana was responsible for creating the Elcar automobile, one of America’s finest assembled automobiles, and was also a major player in the bespoke taxicab field, a niche market that kept its employees busy after the market for assembled cars dried up during the early stages of the Depression.

The firm’s predecessor, Elkhart Carriage & Harness Mfg. Co., was founded by Frederick B. Pratt, a Vermont-born businessman who first became successful in the dry good business in the decade immediately preceding the Civil War.

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Although virtually unknown today, the Elkhart Carriage and Motor Car Co. of Elkhart, Indiana was responsible for creating the Elcar automobile, one of America’s finest assembled automobiles, and was also a major player in the bespoke taxicab field, a niche market that kept its employees busy after the market for assembled cars dried up during the early stages of the Depression.

The firm’s predecessor, Elkhart Carriage & Harness Mfg. Co., was founded by Frederick B. Pratt, a Vermont-born businessman who first became successful in the dry good business in the decade immediately preceding the Civil War.

Subject ID: 79538

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