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Samuel K. Page - 1892-1920s - New Haven, Connecticut

Samuel K. Page - factory at 62 Franklin St, New Haven, CT (1897)

Samuel K. Page is a known composite automobile body builder.

Samuel K. Page, successor to Henry Hale & Co., is another of the houses that dates back half a century. The business was founded by Henry Hale in 1846; subsequently Mr. Hale took a partner and the firm name became Hale & Waterbury. In 1891 Mr. Waterbury retired and the firm name was changed to Henry Hale & Co. On the death of Mr. Hale in 1892 Mr. Page, who had been a partner with Mr. Hale for several years, became sole owner of the plant and the firm name was changed accordingly. This house is one of a few in New Haven that never did a Southern trade, but confined itself to the local and Northern city trade, making a specialty of a finer grade of vehicles than could be handled by the general trade. Mr. Page now confines his product to carriages suited to the best city buyers, almost entirely of the heavier grades of pleasure and driving vehicles.

A Few Leading Carriage Centers - The Hub, October 1897

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Ernest Cramer, (born 1857, Germany) foreman of construction and draftsman for Samuel K. Page, New Haven, Connecticut, was born in Germany in 1857. He learned the trade of wood worker, and found employment, in many shops in Germany. He came to America in 1882, with many years of thorough and practical experience to his credit. He found employment readily, and in order to familiarize himself with carriage building methods went from shop to shop in the various cities of the country, East and West.

He did this more to broaden his education and familiarize himself with American methods than for mere employment. After having made a pretty thorough tour of the country in this way, he located permanently in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1888, and worked in the best shops of that city. In 1898 he entered the establishment of S. K. Page and took charge of the wood and blacksmith shops, which position he has held ever since.

Biographies of Prominent Carriage Draftsmen - Carriage Monthly April 1904

For more information please read:

A Few Leading Carriage Centers - The Hub, October 1897

Biographies of Prominent Carriage Draftsmen - Carriage Monthly, April 1904

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