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Waterhouse Company
The Waterhouse Company of Webster, Massachusetts were coachbuilders making high quality custom bodies for chassis supplied by the major automotive businesses. Waterhouse was founded in 1928 by Charles L Waterhouse (1870-1953) with his sons Moses Sargent Waterhouse and Lewis Osbourne Waterhouse. Charles L Waterhouse senior had been a key employee at Judkins and the brothers had spent some years there.Hugo Pfau, ''The Coachbuilt Packard'', Darlton Watson, London 1973 When demand was high in 1929 they received an order from Packard's export department for a car to be exhibited at the Paris salon. It was a very short notice order which no other coachbuilder would accept. The new body attracted the attention of Packard's president and orders for duplicates followed. The doors were closed on the coachbuilding section in 1933 but they continued to make small boats and during World War 2 supplied marine ordnance and, after the war, furniture. Waterhouse also put their custom bodi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1930 Pierce-Arrow B Waterhouse Convertible Victoria (3828645369)
Year 193 ( CXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sosius and Ericius (or, less frequently, year 946 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 193 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * January 1 – Year of the Five Emperors: The Roman Senate chooses Publius Helvius Pertinax, against his will, to succeed the late Commodus as Emperor. Pertinax is forced to reorganize the handling of finances, which were wrecked under Commodus, to reestablish discipline in the Roman army, and to suspend the food programs established by Trajan, provoking the ire of the Praetorian Guard. * March 28 – Pertinax is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard, who storm the imperial palace. The Empire is auctioned off; Marcus Didius Julianus the highest b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
