The Jordan Automobile
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-6277-0 (ISBN)
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The subject of one of the great advertising campaigns of the early 20th century, the "Somewhere West of Laramie" ads, Jordan is a well-remembered marque despite its brief duration.
Edward Stanlaw "Ned" Jordan was born November 21, 1882, in Merrill, Wisconsin, and worked as a journalist before finding work in the automobile industry. A pioneer of automobile advertising and sales who got his start with Thomas B. Jeffery and Company in 1907, he founded the Jordan Motor Car Company with fellow Jeffery employees Russell S. Begg as experimental engineer and Paul Zens as purchasing agent in 1916.
This book is both a biography of Ned Jordan and a history of his company and its vehicles from its beginning in 1916 to its end on April 1, 1932, when non-payment of franchise taxes forced its dissolution. Jordan's first models were four- and seven-passenger custom-type touring cars, but it would become famous for the Sport Marine, the Playboy, the Little Tomboy, and the Little Custom Jordan. Spectacularly illustrated.
Retired construction electrician James H. Lackey is a charter member of the Jordan Register and has been its historian for many years. He lives in Huntington, West Virginia.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
1. Ned Jordan
2. The Founding of the Jordan Motor Car Company, 1916
3. Early Growth, 1917
4. “ Million Dollar Idea,” 1918–1919
5. Surviving the First Pinch, 1920–1922
6. “Somewhere West of Laramie,” 1923–1924
7. New Models and All Steel Bodies, 1925–1926
8. Little Car, Big Blunder, 1927–1928
9. Dashed Hopes of Recovery, 1929
10. Last Gasps, 1930–1932
Between pages 116 and 117 are 16 color plates containing 43 photographs
11. Aftermath
12. Advertising
13. Dealers and Distributors
Chapter Notes
Appendix I. Partial List of Distributors and Dealers
Appendix II. Chassis Specification
Appendix III. Engine Specifications
Appendix IV. Serial Numbers
Appendix V. Wiring Diagrams
Bibliography
Index
Zusatzinfo | 417 photos (43 in color), appendices, notes, bibliography, index |
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Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 216 x 279 mm |
Gewicht | 522 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Wirtschaft | |
Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Auto / Motorrad | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte | |
Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau | |
Wirtschaft ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4766-6277-0 / 1476662770 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4766-6277-0 / 9781476662770 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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