Holyoke was an American automobile company started in Holyoke, Massachusetts in 1899.100 Years of the American Auto Millennium Edition, Copyright 1999 Publications International, Ltd. The first car had a two-cylinder, 7 hp motor. The cars were designed by Charles Robert Greuter, born Philadelphia, PA, March 26, 1861, and educated St. Gallen and Winterthur, Switzerland.International Motor Cyclopaedia, Year Book-March 1908 to March 1909, Page 221, Publisher: E.E. Schwarzkopf, New York. In 1900 the Springfield Republican reported: "The president of the Holyoke motor works is Charles R. Greuter, who started the business of making gasoline carriages and wagons about a year ago in the old Standard machine company building, and at present employs about 40 men."Springfield Republican, February 5, 1900, Page 6. In 1903 the company was acquired by the Matheson Motor Car company.Grand Rapids Press, February 6, 1904, Page 8. Greuter then served as a director of that company.Wilkes-Barre Times, October 9, 1906, Page 10.
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Matheson (automobile)
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