The F. A. Whitney Carriage Company in
Leominster, Massachusetts
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is named after
Francis Austin Whitney, who founded the company in 1858 with his cousin
Francis Wolfe Whitney. They were the first manufacturers of
baby carriages in America.
Sources
*Blair, Cynthia
1848: Baby Carriage Invented retrieved 2007-08-14
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San Diego Union-Tribune, May 1, 2005, retrieved 2007-08-14
Companies established in 1858
1858 establishments in Massachusetts
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