subject: Grout Bros. Automobile Company
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Grout $800 Steam Runabout
description- – Image of the Grout Steam Runabout model with caption"Guaranteed to Go Where Any Automobile Ever Went"It is described as"the first decisive step in the direction of an answer to the question"When will good automobiles be cheap enough for people of moderate means?""It is built on strong commonsense lines, and gives the impression of a fine piece of automobile construction, which indeed it is, in every possible way."
- – [1900-1905]
- – In the collections of the Wheeler Memorial Library, Orange, Mass. http://www.orangelib.org/
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- – English
Mr. W.L. Grout, Esq.
description- – Photograph of Mr. William L. Grout of Orange, Mass. He began his career by manufacturing sewing machines with Thomas White ofthe White Sewing Machine Company. He went on to become president of the New Home Sewing Machine Company of Orange for one year andsuperintendent and director for many years. He was the financial backer for his sons' business, the Grout Bros. Automobile Company.
- – Sewing machine industry--Massachusetts--Orange
- – Grout, William L., 1833-1908
- – Grout family
- – Grout Bros. Automobile Company
- – 1900
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- – Image from General Views of Orange [Plate 86], Published by Geo. F. Bacon
Grout Bros.' Motor Vehicle Factory
description- – Southeast exterior view of the new Grout Bros.' factory, opened in 1900 on East Main St. Claimed by the Grout brothers to be thefirst factory built in the United States exclusively for the manufacture of automobiles. Shows trolley tracks and a two-family residence tothe east of the factory.
- – 1900
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- – Image from General Views of Orange [Plate 32], Published by Geo. F. Bacon
Grout Brothers motor carriage
description- – Unidentified driver [Charles Grout?] in the Stanhope -Spindle Back model Grout in the factory yard, East Main St.
- – 1900
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- – Image from General Views of Orange [Plate 77], Published by Geo. F. Bacon
Grout Bros.' Automobile Works, Orange, Mass.
description- – View of the west side of the Grout automobile factory, Orange, Mass. Scene includes two automobiles."Automobiles"and"Grout Brothers"are painted on sides of building."Grout"is lettered on the smokestack.
- – Orange (Mass.)--History
- – Grout automobile
- – Automobile industry--Massachusetts--Orange
- – Grout Bros. Automobile Company
- – (1900-1912)
- – In postcard collection of Wheeler Memorial Library, Orange, Mass. http://www.orangelib.org/
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- – English
The Grout Steam Wagons
description- – Reproduction of an original Grout Steam Wagon's catalog, 16 pages. Lists features and brief descriptions of fourteen systems ofthe automobile i.e. boiler, pumps, engines, body. Contains photographs and specifications for five Stanhope models, one Dos-A-Dos and oneLight Delivery Wagon. Other images include the steam wagon factory, testingyard and the Grout in competition with cup won in Nelson Hill Contest.
- – [1900-1905]
- – In the collections of the Wheeler Memorial Library, Orange, Mass. http://www.orangelib.org/
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- – English
Grout - Stanhope Spindle Back model
description- – Photograph and specification of the Grout steam wagon Stanhope - Spindle Back model from company catalog
- – [1900-1905]
- – In the collections of the Wheeler Memorial Library, Orange, Mass. http://www.orangelib.org/
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- – English
Grout - Queen Stanhope - Closed model
description- – Photograph and specification of the Grout steam wagon Queen Stanhope - Closed model, from the company catalog
- – [1900-1905]
- – In the collections of the Wheeler Memorial Library, Orange, Mass. http://www.orangelib.org/
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- – English
Grout Light Delivery Wagon
description- – Photograph and specification of the Grout steam Light Delivery model from the company catalog. The vehicle pictured has advertising on the side for"Whitman Grocery Co., Orange, Mass."and its product,"Minute Tapioca No Soaking".
- – [1900-1905]
- – In the collections of the Wheeler Memorial Library, Orange, Mass. http://www.orangelib.org/
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- – English
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