Hale & Kilburn

The Hale & Kilburn company of Philadelphia was a furniture manufacturing company founded by Warren Hale and Cheney Kilburn. The Hale & Kilburn company's primary business was the production of railroad car seats for the greatly expanding American railroad companies.

Hale & Kilburn factory in Philadelphia

History

Founding

Hale, Kilburn, & Co. was organized in 1867 by Warren Hale, Cheney Kilburn, two of Hale's sons and Artemus Kilburn, brother of Cheney Kilburn.[1][2] It was incorporated as the Hale & Kilburn Manufacturing Company in 1876 with Cheney Kilburn serving as its first president and Warren Hale serving as vice president. Warren Hale's son, Henry S. Hale, became president after him.[2]

J.P. Morgan & Co.

The Hale & Kilburn company was sold to J.P. Morgan & Co. in 1911 for $9 million.[3]

American Motor Body Company

The Hale & Kilburn company was reorganized in 1920 as the American Motor Body Company, a corporation founded by the American Can Company to merge Hale & Kilburn and the Wadsworth Manufacturing Company (Detroit, Michigan).[4][5] In 1923, Charles M. Schwab purchased the American Motor Body Company.[4] On September 4, 1925, Walter Chrysler announced the Chrysler Corporation's purchase of the Detroit plant of the American Motor Body Corporation.[4][6] In 1926, the American Motor Body Corporation and its Safeway Six-Wheel subsidiary were sold to the American Car and Foundry Company.[4][7]

References
  1. "Death of Mr. Kilburn". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 1894-04-04. p. 4. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
  2. The Street Railway Review. Chicago, IL: Kenfield Publishing Company. 1905. p. 683. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
  3. Theobald, Mark (2004). "Edward G. Budd Mfg. Co". Coachbuilt. Harold M. Cobb, contributing. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
  4. Theobald, Mark (2004). "American Motor Body Co". Coachbuilt. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
  5. "Read Made Receiver for Hale & Kilburn". Reading Times. 1931-05-07. p. 18. Retrieved 2021-03-27 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "American Body Plant is Purchased by Walter P. Chrysler". Pittsburgh Daily Post. 1925-09-27. p. Section 7, Page 4. Retrieved 2021-03-27 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Company Control May Pass". The Boston Globe. 1926-05-01. p. 8. Retrieved 2021-03-27 – via Newspapers.com.
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