Semmes Motor Company
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Semmes Motor Company was an automobile dealership in 21st Street and L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C..[1]
Products and services[edit]
The company was specialised in painting, trimming and repairing of delivery trucks. A collection of 75 high-resolution photographs of their vehicles and workshops is available in the Library of Congress. In July 1917, the Semmes Motor Company took over the Union Building on G Street, the venue for the 1917 Auto Show and offered 24-hour repair service as well as showrooms for Dodge and Hudson cars.[2] There, it provided a service station and sold new and used cars.[3][4] In winter 1918 it delivered a limited number of Touring Cars of the Dodge Brothers Motor Company and separate winter tops for these vehicles from their offices at 1100 Connecticut Avenue in Washington D.C.[5]
See also[edit]
- Semmes Motors, Inc., in Scarsdale, New York (ca 1949-1969)
References[edit]
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- ↑ George Nicholas: Alterations to an automobile dealership ("business building") for Semmes Motor Co., 21st Street and L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 3rd floor.
- ↑ Union Garage: 1924.
- ↑ Semmes Motor Co. advertising 'Good Used Cars, Price and Terms Right, Buy With Confidence'. In the 1920s the Washington D.C. automotive business was a service station, and offered auto painting.
- ↑ Semmes Motor Company - Good Used Cars - Times & Terms Right - Buy with Confidence.
- ↑ The Washington Post (Washington, District of Columbia) 15 December 1918, page 6.
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