Welcome to the E-M-F
Documentation and Advertisements Page
So you want to see some
Documentation and advertisements
for E-M-F Automobiles?
Well, you have found the right page.
Below you will find a section for each specific year that the E-M-F was built that will
contain documentation or advertisements specific to that year. There is
"General" section that will contain things that are not specific to any
one year, or if I can't figure out which year it should go into.
If you have some documentation you would like to submit, please scan it
at the highest photo resolution possible to archive a file size of
200 KB or less
(that is the file size limit for this web server). For one or two files,
email them to me. For many files, sent them to me on diskette or Zip disk,
including your return address and I will be happy to return your disk.
Thanks, and enjoy the data!!!
GENERAL INFORMATION
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A picture of the output of the E-M-F Factory. Looks to me to be 1911?
Let me know what you think and your reasons for thinking so.
Photo submitted by Richard Quinn
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This is a blank stock certificate I recently acquired on eBay. I am not sure this is really from the E-M-F Corporation and would appreciate it if any one could share any knowledge they have about this item. Perhaps I have bought the rights to sell E-M-F Automobiles in Chicago? Funny thing is that when I received the certificate, it came with a little blurb about the E-M-F Company which I think I wrote and put on the Wikipedia site :)
Added 04/04/2006
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POSTCARD INFORMATION
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This page will contain postcards used in advertising the E-M-F "30" automobile and the company. This includes "Glidden Tour" Cards. Clicking the picture will take you to the Postcard page.
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1908 INFORMATION
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This is an article from the July 30th, 1909 edition of "The Automobile" describing the new E-M-F 30. This is the earliest article I have seen and shows pictures (or artist drawing) of an E-M-F a bit different than that produced. Thanks to Walt Grove for providing scans of the pages. Clicking on the ICON to the left will open the first page. For pages two and three, click the links below:
NOTE: The image may display smaller in your browser, but you should be able to tell it to display full size. Try moving your mouse to the lower right hand area of the screen and look for a pop-up image to allow the resize.
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This is an add from page 18 (The Auto Section) of the "San Francisco Chronicle", Sunday, August 18, 1908. This add declared the introduction of the Studebaker E-M-F. Clicking on the picture will take you to another page with the full size add on it. This add is the full length of a news paper page and I had to scan it in two pieces and the pieces are joined on the next page. The two images are quite large and will probably take time to load.
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This is an article from page 19 (The Auto Section) of the "San Francisco Chronicle", Sunday, August 18, 1908. The Article discusses the merger of the E-M-F corporation and Studebaker. I was surprise to find mention of this so early.
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1909 INFORMATION
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This is a copy of an ad from 1909. This is just a portion of the full ad, but it is all that I have.
Added 07/01/2011
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This is a letter dated July 26th, 1909 to Hayden Eames in the E-M-F corporate office from an agent, Mr. C. N. Weaver, in California. The letter discusses the number of E-M-F's being shipped to him as a salesman. A link to Page 2 of the letter is below.
Thanks to Scott Miller for allowing this to appear here.
Check out Scott's BLOG with scans of other great letters and documents at
http://www.different-by-design.blogspot.com/. Please leave Scott a message thanking him for taking the time to scan these letters.
Added 03/10/2006
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This ad is dated June 27th, 1909 and shows the E-M-F Lineup from a dealer in Georgia. Note the ad's play on the E-M-F acronym.
Added 10/13/2013
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This is a letter dated August September 1st, 1909 from Hayden Eames in the E-M-F corporate office to an agent, Mr. C. N. Weaver, in California. The letter describes the monthly allotment of cars to dealers. A link to Page 2 of the letter is below.
Thanks to Scott Miller for allowing this to appear here.
Check out Scott's BLOG with scans of other great letters and documents at
http://www.different-by-design.blogspot.com/. Please leave Scott a message thanking him for taking the time to scan these letters.
Added 01/19/2006
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This is a letter is also dated August September 1st, 1909 from Hayden Eames in the E-M-F corporate office to an agent, Mr. C. N. Weaver, in California. The letter gives additional details about the monthly allotment of cars to dealers.
Thanks to Scott Miller for allowing this to appear here.
Check out Scott's BLOG with scans of other great letters and documents at
http://www.different-by-design.blogspot.com/. Please leave Scott a message thanking him for taking the time to scan these letters.
Added 01/19/2006
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This is a letter dated Dec 12th, 1909 to Hayden Eames in the E-M-F corporate office from an agent, Mr. C. N. Weaver, in California. The letter discusses the problems brewing between E-M-F and Studebaker.
Thanks to Scott Miller for allowing this to appear here.
Check out Scott's BLOG with scans of other great letters and documents at
http://www.different-by-design.blogspot.com/. Please leave Scott a message thanking him for taking the time to scan these letters.
Added 03/10/2006
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This is a copy of a telegram I received in email from Scott Miller indicating that even in 1909 there was trouble brewing between Studebaker and E-M-F. Very interesting reading. Thanks to Scott for allowing it to appear here. Check out Scott's BLOG with scans of other great letters and documents at
http://www.different-by-design.blogspot.com/.
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1910 INFORMATION
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This is a letter date January 1, 1910 from Walter Flanders to someone asking about dealings with the Studebaker Company as the E-M-F company was going through the hostile takeovers by Studebaker.
Added 11/01/2019
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This add is from the April 9, 1910 issue of Scientific American. The small ICON to the left is only the top of the add. You can see the entire add by clicking on it.
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This is a large double sided add detailing the E-M-F 30 and from the car depicted, I would say it is from 1910. Take a look at the Studebaker E-M-F 30 logo. I have never seen it used like this anywhere else and it is kind of neat!
CLICK HERE to the back side.
Added 03/24/2006
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This is a letter dated April 11th, 1910 from Walter Flanders to a Studebaker E-M-F agent, Mr. C. N. Weaver, in California. The letter is about the changes in the sales policies and areas. A link to Page 2 of the letter is below.
Thanks to Scott Miller for allowing this to appear here.
Check out Scott's BLOG with scans of other great letters and documents at
http://www.different-by-design.blogspot.com/. Please leave Scott a message thanking him for taking the time to scan these letters.
Added 01/19/2006
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This is a letter dated April 15th, 1910 from Studebaker E-M-F agent, Mr. C. N. Weaver, in California to Walter Flanders in response to the April 11th, 1910 letter above. The letter is about the changes in the sales policies. Links to Page 2 and 3 of the letter are below. This letter is printed on Onion-skin paper.
Thanks to Scott Miller for allowing this to appear here.
Check out Scott's BLOG with scans of other great letters and documents at
http://www.different-by-design.blogspot.com/. Please leave Scott a message thanking him for taking the time to scan these letters.
Added 01/19/2006
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This is an add from "The Garden Magazine", July 1910, Page 340.
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This is a letter dated August 2nd, 1910 from the E-M-F corporate office to an agent in California. The letter details problems with the new Flanders car and what the agent should do about it. It is very interesting reading. A link to Page 2 of the letter is below.
Thanks to Scott Miller for allowing this to appear here.
Check out Scott's BLOG with scans of other great letters and documents at
http://www.different-by-design.blogspot.com/. Please leave Scott a message thanking him for taking the time to scan these letters.
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This is an add from "The Garden Magazine", August 1910, Page 6.
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This is an add from "The Garden Magazine", November 1910, Page 185.
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A Studebaker ad from 1910 showing the E-M-F, Flanders, Garford, and electrics. Also shows a list of Studebaker dealers.
Added 04/17/2009
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An E-M-F Promotional photo showing an E-M-F Coupe in a dealership showroom.
Added 11/14/2011
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1911 INFORMATION
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This is an add from an unknown magazine from 1911 according to the eBay
add I bought it from.
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This is an original advertisement that appeared in the Country Life in America magazine, published date unknown. I bought it off of eBay.
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This is a "Directions for Operation and Care of E-M-F '30' Motor Cars" Manual. Based on the information contained in it, I would say it is 1911. Please let me know if you can better date this manual. Click the picture to go to that page.
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This is a letter dated May 25th, 1911 from Mr. Kelly in the E-M-F corporate office to an agent, Mr. C. N. Weaver, in California.
The letter discusses the new "Fore-Door" design for 1912.
Thanks to Scott Miller for allowing this to appear here.
Check out Scott's BLOG with scans of other great letters and documents at
http://www.different-by-design.blogspot.com/.
Please leave Scott a message thanking him for taking the time to scan these letters.
Added 03/10/2006
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This ad came from the May, 1911 issue of The Garden Magazine, page 259.
Added 06/30/2011
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This letter dated June 9th, 1911 is from a parts distriuter in the Minnisota talking about the Flanders parts.
Added 11/01/2019
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This letter dated July 21, 1911 from the Studebaker Company in Minnesota talks about the new price list on parts for the E-M-F 30.
Added 11/01/2019
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This letter dated October 16th, 1911, if from the Studeaker company to an E-M-F owner who had inquired about changing the steering sector in his E-M-F to the newer imporved sector. Sorry Buddy.
Added 11/01/2019
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1912 INFORMATION
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1912 Preliminary Catalogue. All pages are available
for viewing and downloading. Click the picture to go to that page.
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This is an Information manual for the Studebaker E-M-F. Based on the information contained in it, I would say it is 1912 or newer. Click the picture to go to that page.
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This is a piece of advertisement you may have picked up in a Studebaker dealer in 1912 describing the new 1912 E-M-F's. Click the picture to go to that page.
Added 03/24/2006
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This is the letterhead from the Miles Auto Company in Louisville, Kentucky. My car spent it's life about 60 miles from Louisville in KY. Could my car have been bought at this dealership?
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This is an add from page 42 of the "San Francisco Chronicle", Sunday, March 24, 1912. This add is for the E-M-F "30" and Flanders "20" models for 1912. The add is quite large (2/3 of a newspaper page). Clicking on the picture will take you to a page that has the entire add, but since I had to reduce the size so much, it will be unreadable. So I have added links to each of the 3 parts of this add. If you are interested, you can look at each individual piece and you should be able to read the text.
TOP of add - CLICK HERE
MIDDLE of add - CLICK HERE
BOTTOM of add - CLICK HERE
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This is an add depicting a 1912 5-Passenger Touring that is being given as a "Second Grand Prize". Makes you wonder what the first grand prize is? Bought this off of eBay.
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This is a page from a Motor Age Magazine. The picture depicts a 1912 Model Year Car, though the advertisement has no date on it.
Added 01/19/2006
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This is a letter dated May 25th, 1912 to Mr. Shiveley in the E-M-F corporate office to an agent, Mr. C. N. Weaver, in California. The letter discusses the proposed 1913 E-M-F, or "E-M-F 13 as it says in the letter. A link to Page 2 of the letter is below.
Thanks to Scott Miller for allowing this to appear here.
Check out Scott's BLOG with scans of other great letters and documents at
http://www.different-by-design.blogspot.com/. Please leave Scott a message thanking him for taking the time to scan these letters.
Added 03/10/2006
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How to contact me...
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John M. Daly
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(815) 786-4824 |
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