Roadster
Manufacturer
Hupp Motor Car Company
(American, 1908 - 1941)
Date1911
Mediumassembled metal
Dimensions80 × 64 × 120 inches (203.2 × 162.6 × 304.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Nelda C. Stark, 1971
Object number0.1.1
ClassificationsLand Transportation T&E
Label TextIn 1908, Robert Craig Hupp founded the Hupp Motor Car Company in Detroit, Michigan. The Hupmobile first appeared at the 1909 Detroit Automobile Dealers Association Annual Show. This Model 20-C, produced in 1911, was reasonably priced for the time at $750. Advertisements claimed the runabout could attain speeds up to 50 mph. The car had many uses over its life in the Stark family and was last used as a hunting car at their Roslyn Ranch in Colorado.
ProvenanceH.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; by inheritance to his wife Nelda C. Stark [1909-1999]; gifted August 31, 1971 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to The W.H. Stark House
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