Category:Studebaker Automobile Company dealerships in Allentown, Pennsylvania

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Studebaker was an American wagon and automobile manufacturer based in South Bend, Indiana. Founded in 1852 and incorporated in 1868 under the name of the Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company, the company was originally a producer of wagons for farmers, miners, and the military.

Studebaker entered the automotive business in 1902 with electric vehicles and in 1904 with gasoline vehicles, all sold under the name "Studebaker Automobile Company". After years of financial problems, in 1954 the company merged with luxury carmaker Packard to form Studebaker-Packard Corporation. The Packard marque was phased out, and the company returned to the Studebaker Corporation name in 1962. The South Bend plant ceased production on December 20, 1963, and the last Studebaker automobile rolled off the Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, assembly line on March 16, 1966.

Studebaker wagons were sold by the W. R. Lawfer Company (later Zollinger-Harned Department Store) among other merchants in Nineteenth-Century Allentown. Studebaker automobiles were sold in the city by several dealers, those being:

  • Lehigh Motor Company 1913-1921; 1963-1966
  • Schwab Motor Sales Company 1921-1925
  • A N Kline 1826-1928
  • Kerr Motor Company 1929-1932
  • Peters Motor Company 1927-1957
  • Ideal Motor Company 1931-1934
  • Queen City Motor Corporatioon 1932
  • Teefy-Seltz Company, 1933
  • Fenstermacher & Rems Company 1934-1961

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