Holsman Automobile Company

Overview
Manufacturer	Holsman Automobile Company
Production	1901–1910
Body and chassis
Body style	High wheeler
Powertrain
Transmission	Rope drive

The Holsman Automobile Company was an early American automobile manufacturer in Chicago, Illinois, between 1901 and 1910. Founded by Henry K. Holsman, the company produced a high wheeler automobile.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Display models

• 1902 is on display in Half Moon Bay, CA. Owned by James Holsman, a descendent of Henry Holsman.
• The Western Development Museum in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, has a 1902 Holsman on display.
• A 1902 Holsman is on display at the Louwman Museum in The Hague, Netherlands.
• A 1902 model is on display at the Island County Historical museum in Coupeville, Washington State, USA.
• A 1903 model is on display at the Automovil Club Argentino, Buenos Aires.
• A 1903 model is on display at the Henry Ford Museum Detroit, Michigan.
• A 1903 model is on display at the Tellus Science Museum near Cartersville, Georgia
• A 1904 model is on display at the Manitoba Antique Automobile Museum.
• A 1905 model is on display at the Gryf Technical Museum in Dąbrówka, Poland.^[7]
• A 1907 model is on display at the Southward Car Museum in New Zealand.
• Another 1907 model is held at the Burwell Museum in Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, possibly the only 1907 Holsman in the UK.
• A third 1907 Model 3 is located at the Des Chutes Historical Center in Bend, Oregon. Believed to the first automobile in the town, it was being restored to running condition as of November 2015.^[8]
• A fourth 1907 model is on display at McPherson Museum and Arts Foundation in McPherson, Kansas. It was sold by a historic dealership in McPherson and decades later restored by the McPherson College Auto Restoration Department.
• A 1908 model is on display at the Technical Museum of Vadim Zadorozhny in Arkhangelskoye, Moscow Oblast, Russia.
• A 1908 "Model 10" is on display at the National Truck and Auto Museum in Auburn, Indiana.
• A 1908 model has been restored by students enrolled in the Automotive Restoration Program at McPherson College - first owned by Capt. Jack Clemens, Upper Peninsula, Michigan.
• A 1908 model is part of the Reynolds-Alberta Museum collection.
• A 1909 Holsman is on display at the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners, Michigan.
• One example can be seen at the Cloud County Historical Museum in Concordia, Kansas.
• There is one on display at Seattle's Museum of History and Industry.
• There is one on display at the Kittitas County Museum in Ellensburg, WA.

Gallery

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  Nameplate of phare (left headlamp) Besnard № 833 Paris (1908 model)
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  Starter crank (1908 model)
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  Nameplate (1908 model)
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  Holsman model 3, 1905, Muzeum Gryf, Poland

References

1. Perschbacher, Gerald (March 25, 2010). "High times for the highwheeler: as America's first great highwheeler, the Holsman was hard to beat". Old Cars Weekly. F+W Media, Inc: 16(1). ISSN 0048-1637.
2. Henry K. Holsman; Parlette, Ralph, 1870- (1922), Giant We-the-People and Judge Landis' awardMicroform, Chicago Parlette-Padget, retrieved May 13, 2017^{[dead link‍]}
3. "1906 Holsman Horseless Carriage Model 7 High- Wheeler 2 Cylinder Featured at Kaminski Auctions Pre New Years Sale". PRWeb Newswire. Vocus PRW Holdings LLC. December 21, 2011. Retrieved May 13, 2017.^{[dead link‍]}
4. Unidentified (1908), Dr. H. C. Garde in his Holsman high wheeler, Maryborough, ca. 1908, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, retrieved May 13, 2017^{[dead link‍]}
5. "THE "HOLSMAN" MOTOR BUGGY". The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser. Vol. LXXXVIII, no. 2487. New South Wales, Australia. July 7, 1909. p. 12. Retrieved May 13, 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
6. "MOTOR BUGGIES". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 22, 553. New South Wales, Australia. April 27, 1910. p. 11. Retrieved May 13, 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
7. Gondek, Bartosz (April 18, 2017). "To najstarszy zarejestrowany w Polsce samochód. Ma 112 lat!". wyborcza.pl (in Polish). Retrieved August 27, 2019.
8. Wade, Jennifer (November 9, 2015). "Bend's oldest car is getting a big tune-up". KTVZ-TV. Archived from the original on May 24, 2016. Retrieved November 10, 2015.

External links

• Company history at secondchancegarage.com Archived July 7, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
• HolsmanAutomobile.com Archived May 15, 2007, at the Wayback Machine