COLLECTION 010 · SGC-NCC-010
New Haven Carriage Co. / The New Haven Carriage Co.
Original advertisements, illustrated products and contemporary records trace the company’s work and changing identity.
A distinct firm under the Holcomb officers. Do not substitute G. & D. Cook, Brewster, Hooker, Cruttenden, M. Armstrong, the New Haven Wheel Co., or the Portland, Oregon New Haven Carriage & Auto Works. The 1886 and 1891 incorporations are separate documented stages.
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1887
This illustrated advertisement names New Haven Carriage Co. and its Franklin Street location. Neighboring advertisements in the original directory belong to other makers. The selected crop keeps this company’s illustration and wording together.
New Haven Carriage Co.; published by Price, Lee & Co.; Front advertising page XXVI, lower advertisement
Original source1887
The 1887 directory records incorporation in November 1886, capital of $10,000, George F. Holcomb as president, H. S. Holcomb as treasurer, and George E. Spare as secretary. Its address is 5–19 Franklin Street.
Price, Lee & Co., New Haven Directory; Page 610, second column near bottom
Original source1894
The later entry records greater capital and a Water/Franklin address. It belongs beside the earlier 1886 entry, not in place of it. The two records offer a precise starting point for retrieving the company’s incorporation and property files.
Price & Lee Company, New Haven Directory; Page 648 E, top left column
Original source1903
The trade advertisement lists multiple carriage categories and identifies a wholesale manufacturer. Its text lets a researcher study the company’s advertised range, even though a verified factory photograph has not yet been recovered.
New Haven Carriage Co.; published by Price & Lee; Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University; Page 92, bottom advertisement
Original source1890-03-04 (patent publication); filed 1889-09-23
Spare's patent shows a buckboard with a movable seat that could slide beneath the fixed seat, linking New Haven Carriage Company to practical design inventions.
George E. Spare, assignor to New Haven Carriage Company / United States Patent Office; digitized by Google Patents
Original sourceCOLLECTION HISTORY
The company’s own 1887 advertisement offers fine light carriages at 5–19 Franklin Street, corner Collis. The same year’s directory records incorporation in November 1886 with $10,000 capital and George F. Holcomb as president. These two sources connect the exact company name with products, officers and a street address. [NCC-002]
A later corporate stage appears in the 1894 directory: incorporation in October 1891, $200,000 capital and an address at Water and Franklin streets. It names George F. Holcomb as president and treasurer, H. S. Holcomb as vice president and William H. Atwood as secretary. Both incorporation entries are retained; the original filings are needed to explain the legal transition. [NCC-003]
By 1903, the American carriage directory presents the business as a wholesale maker of light and heavy vehicles. Its advertisement lists carriage categories rather than relying on one decorative illustration. Compare the 1887 and 1903 ads for changes in the company’s address, product description and intended trade audience. [NCC-004]
New Haven Museum’s MSS 245 finding aid lists undated company booklets of carriage designs and models in Box 2. Those cataloged booklets are a promising next acquisition, but their scans are not included here. A secondary history reports a July 14, 1924 closure announcement; that terminal date awaits a contemporary notice or business record. [NCC-006]
Franklin Street, Collis Street and the later Water-and-Franklin address supply a geographical thread through the company’s advertisements and directory entries. Products and officers provide another. The 1886 and 1891 incorporation statements should remain separately dated until the original filings explain their relationship. That restraint makes the collection more useful: researchers can test a transition instead of inheriting an oversimplified founding date. The change from an early fine-light-carriage advertisement to a broader wholesale offering in 1903 also suggests questions about customers and production. Surviving design-booklet references could connect those claims to individual models. Until their pages are inspected, the finding aid identifies where evidence survives without pretending that the designs have already been acquired. [NCC-002] [NCC-003] [NCC-004]
A distinct firm under the Holcomb officers. Do not substitute G. & D. Cook, Brewster, Hooker, Cruttenden, M. Armstrong, the New Haven Wheel Co., or the Portland, Oregon New Haven Carriage & Auto Works. The 1886 and 1891 incorporations are separate documented stages.
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NCC-001 · Advertisements · 1887
New Haven Carriage Co. / The New Haven Carriage Co.
An illustrated advertisement for the New Haven Carriage Co., makers of fine light carriages at 5–19 Franklin Street, corner of Collis Street. The illustration and wording belong to this company; neighboring advertisements in the source spread are for other carriage makers.
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NCC-002 · Directories & historical records · 1887
New Haven Carriage Co. / The New Haven Carriage Co.
The 1887 directory records incorporation in November 1886, capital of $10,000, George F. Holcomb as president, H. S. Holcomb as treasurer, and George E. Spare as secretary. Its address is 5–19 Franklin Street.
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NCC-003 · Directories & historical records · 1894
New Haven Carriage Co. / The New Haven Carriage Co.
The 1894 business directory lists the company at Water and Franklin streets, records incorporation in October 1891 and capital of $200,000, and names George F. Holcomb, H. S. Holcomb, and William H. Atwood as officers. This is a later corporate stage than the 1886 incorporation.
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NCC-004 · Advertisements · 1903
New Haven Carriage Co. / The New Haven Carriage Co.
New Haven Carriage Co. advertised opera busses, victorias, breaks, carts, broughams, cabriolets, wagonettes, gigs, and family carriages in the 1903 American carriage directory.
Read item & source notesNCC-005 · Sources & research leads · 1924-07-14
New Haven Carriage Co. / The New Haven Carriage Co.
Secondary, needs primary confirmation
Read item & source notesNCC-006 · Sources & research leads · Date described in source
New Haven Carriage Co. / The New Haven Carriage Co.
Finding aid lists New Haven Carriage Co. booklets in Box 2; the actual booklets have not been acquired.
Read item & source notesNCC-007 · Sources & research leads · Date described in source
New Haven Carriage Co. / The New Haven Carriage Co.
Multiple 1894 directory entries point to front colored page XIX. The recovered images did not contain this front advertising section.
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ED-IG-NCC-01 · Illustrations · 1890-03-04 (patent publication); filed 1889-09-23
New Haven Carriage Company
Spare's patent shows a buckboard with a movable seat that could slide beneath the fixed seat, linking New Haven Carriage Company to practical design inventions.
Read item & source notesED-IG-NCC-02 · Record scans · 1910-01-23 (newspaper); quoted letter dated 1909-12-27
New Haven Carriage Company
A White Company advertisement quotes New Haven Carriage Company discussing its limousine and landaulet designs, showing carriage expertise entering the automobile market.
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