FAMOUS BROTHERS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 710, 9 July 1929, Page 6

FAMOUS BROTHERS

SIDELIGHTS ON HISTORY OF MOTOR CARS Through some strange coincidence many families of brothers from the earliest beginning's of automotive history have achieved renown in the various branches of that industry. There are at least thirty such successful combinations which have contributed to the rapid progress of one of the greatest factors in modern cilivisation —the automobile. Five Studebaker brothers laid the foundation of the present Studebaker Corporation of America. Only one of them, however, witnessed the transformation of their wagon and carriage business to automobile manufacturing. Then there were the two Packard brothers, founders of what Is now the Packard Company; the three Jewett brothers, formerly of the Palge-Jew-ett Company; the two Marmon brothers, who produced the first straight eight in America; the three White brothers who left the ranks of sewing machine manufacturers to enter the field of truck-making; and the two Stranahan brothers, makers of Champion spark plugs. The largest family of brothers is the seven Fisher brothers, who build bodies for General Motors. Two of the most widely known bro-

I thers in the automotive field, Horace I | E. and John F. Dodge, rose to affiu- | I ence from a modest beginning as | ; machine-shop owners. ! The three Graham brothers, Joseph i ; 8., Robert C. and Ray A., deserve : ! special mention in our “Famous j : Brothers” history, since they are peri haps more versatile than any family j of brothers in the automotive field. 1 Their first industrial venture was j

the manufacture of glass, but they turned to the building of motor trucks in 1919. In 1926, however, after a most successful career, they sold tbeir entire holdings and devoted themselves to the construction of a quality motor-car. Their product is the Graham-Paige, a car rapidly coming Ito the forefront because of its firstclass workmanship throughout.