Description: DURANT-DORT CARRIAGE COMPANY, SEPTEMBER 1910, INVOICE, (PARENT COMPANY OF GENERAL MOTORS). PLEASE NOTE: If you enjoy collection automobile memorabilia, you're probably going to want to add this to your collection. The Durant-Dort Carriage Company has quite a history! TYPE OF SCRIPOPHILY, EXONUMIA, NOTAPHILY꞉ Receipt / Invoice from a Flint, Michigan carriage company to one of their customers / dealers. COMPANY NAME꞉ Durant-Dort Carriage Company. ADDRESS꞉ 316 West Water Street. CITY, COUNTY & STATE꞉ Flint (Genesee) Michigan. CUSTOMER'S NAME꞉ A. R. Chandler. A. R. Chandler was the President of The Farmers and Merchants Bank, President of The Sylvania Poultry Association and the Chandler Hardware Company (incorporated in 1920) which would later be the Chandler Restaurant. ADDRESS: 5648 North Main Street. CITY, COUNTY & STATE꞉ Sylvania (Lucas) Ohio (suburb of Toledo, Ohio). FORM PRINTED BY꞉ Unknown. DATE ON FORM & YEARS OLD꞉ September 8, 1910 (over 114-years old. PRODUCTS PURCHASED꞉ Shaft and three pair of steps. VALUE OF GOODS꞉ $43.00 less discount. TYPE OF DOCUMENT꞉ Invoice. GENERAL COLOR(S)꞉ Off-white with magenta, black, blue and purple inks. MEASUREMENTS꞉ 6” x 8⅞”. EMBOSSING꞉ None. TAXATION/REVENUE/OTHER STAMPS꞉ None. WATERMARKS ON PAPER꞉ Yes, “MARQUETTE BOND.” According to the 1921 edition of Lockwood's Directory of the Paper, Stationary and Allied Trades, Marquette Bond was manufactured by Fox River Paper Co. (Appleton, Wisconsin) and by Swigart Paper Co., (Chicago, Illinois). FOLDS꞉ Appears to be two vertical (up and down) and no horizontal (left to right). CORNERS꞉ Slight rounding. In very good condition - - especially give it is over a century old. HOLES, TEARS, DAMAGE꞉ Two holes punched at the top. ADDITIONAL NOTES꞉ Slight browning from over 100-years of age. In good very condition, no rips or tears. A LITTLE ABOUT THE DURANT-DORT CARRIAGE CO.: Durant-Dort Carriage Company was a manufacturer of horse-drawn vehicles in Flint, Michigan. Founded in 1886, by 1900 it was the largest carriage manufacturer in the country. This very successful business made the partners rich men and it became the core on which William C. Durant and J. Dallas Dort began to build General Motors. Flint Road-Cart Company changed its name to Durant-Dort Carriage Company in November 1895. By 1900 they were building 50,000 vehicles annually from approximately 14 locations. They were a major rival of Flint Wagon Works. In 1906 they were making 480 vehicles each day with 1,000 workers. Durant-Dort owned not just the Flint manufacturing works, but also other vehicle assembly plants in Michigan, Georgia, and Ontario, together with timberland, lumber mills, a wheel manufacturer, the Flint Axle Works and the Flint Varnish Works. Durant sold out of this business in 1914 and it stopped manufacturing carriages in 1917. Durant-Dort Carriage Company was dissolved in 1924. The Durant-Dort Carriage Company Office is a National Historic Landmark (1978) owned by General Motors. A late 19th-century office building located at 316 West Water Street in Flint, Michigan, it was built and occupied by GM's parent, Durant-Dort, followed by Dort Motor Car Company, until 1924. This building was the focal point of William C. Durant's efforts in initially building carriages and later, automobiles. The building is the only extant building closely associated with Durant. In this office, pivotal decisions were made in the development and financing of the Buick Motor Company, the beginning of Chevrolet, and Durant's founding of General Motors. SHIPPING COST꞉ Your shipping cost is calculated when checking out. To keep your shipping cost as low as possible, it's based on “DIM” (i.e. weight, package size and final destination). This item ships by United States Mail or eBay International Delivery. Orders typically ship within one business day of your payment being received. This item will be mailed in a large envelope, box, cardboard tube or cardboard “sandwich” to minimize folding in transit. We DO NOT take historical documents and refold them just to save on postage costs.
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Company: Durant-Dort Carriage Company
Year: 1910
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
