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1911 Pope Hartford
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Pope Hartford began in Hartford, Connecticut in 1904-1914. The company goes back to 1876 with the manufacture of bicycles. The Pope Hartford auto enjoyed a good reputation until going into receivership in 1914. In the years prior to WWII there were over 5,000 different makes of of cars in the US. Today only about ten and those are from only three manufacturers--GM, Ford, and Chrysler and even those are in serious crisis with the possibility of being reduced to two. Obviousl;y thyere had to be casualties. The market could not support 5,000 different autos. Pope Hartford was one of those early casualties. The final Pope property was bought for $300,000 by Pratt & Whitney in 1915.
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