The Maxwell was a brand of automobiles manufactured in the United States of America from about 1903 to 1925. A small variety of cars, the most popular kind of automobile. ... 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

A Maxwell from a 1922 magazine advertisement

The brand name of motor cars was started as the Maxwell-Briscoe Company of Tarrytown, New York. The company was named after founders Jonathan Dixon Maxwell, who earlier had worked for Oldsmobile, and the Briscoe Brothers Metalworks. Maxwell Automobile from 1922 magazine advertisement This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Maxwell Automobile from 1922 magazine advertisement This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... This article is about brands in marketing. ... Tarrytown is a village located in Westchester County, New York. ... The final Oldsmobile Logo used from the 1990s until the final Olds rolled off the line. ...

Maxwell was the only profitable company of the combine named United States Motor Company formed in 1910. Due to a conflict between two of its backers, the United States Motor Company failed in 1913. Maxwell was the only surviving member of combine. In 1913, the Maxwell assets were purchased by Walter Flanders, who reorganized the company as the Maxwell Motor Company, Inc.. The company moved to Detroit, Michigan. Some of the Maxwells were also manufactured at a plant in Dayton, Ohio. For a time, Maxwell was considered one of the three top automobile firms in America (though the phrase the Big Three was not used) along with Buick and of course Ford. The United States Motor Company (USMC) was organized by Benjamin Briscoe in 1910. ... -1... 1913 (MCMXIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1913 (MCMXIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Flanders, Walter (lived 1871 - 1923) was a United States car industrialist, one of the earliest mass production experts. ... Nickname: The Motor City, Motown Motto: Official website: http://www. ... Dayton is a city in southwestern Ohio, United States with a population of 166,179 (2000). ... The big three is a term used to refer to three large powers or companies. ... Buick is a brand of automobile built in the United States, Canada, and China by General Motors Corporation. ... Ford may mean a number of things: A ford is a river crossing. ...

In a short period of time, however, Maxwell over-extended and wound up deeply in debt with over half of their production unsold in the post World War I recession in 1920. The following year, Walter P. Chrysler arranged to take a controlling interest in Maxwell. Maxwell Motors was re-incorporated in West Virginia with Walter Chrysler as the chairman. Combatants Entente Powers Central Powers Commanders {{{commander1}}} {{{commander2}}} Strength {{{strength1}}} {{{strength2}}} Casualties > 5 million military deaths > 3 million military deaths World War I, also known as the First World War and (before 1939) the Great War, the War of the Nations, War to End All Wars was a world conflict... 1920 (MCMXX) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... Walter Percy Chrysler (April 2, 1875 - August 18, 1940) was an American automobile pioneer. ... State nickname: Mountain State Official languages English Capital Charleston Largest city Charleston Governor Joe Manchin (D) Senators Robert Byrd (D) Jay Rockefeller (D) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 41st 62,809 km² 0. ...

In 1925 Walter Chrysler formed the Chrysler Motors Corporation. That same year the Maxwell line was phased out and the Maxwell company assets absorbed by Chrysler. Several early models of Chrysler cars were built largely on the design of earlier Maxwells. 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Chrysler Corporation (NYSE: DCX) is a formerly United States-based automobile manufacturer. ...

The Maxwell is perhaps most famous as the vehicle driven by comedian Jack Benny on his radio and television programs, decades after the Maxwell ceased production. It was a running joke on the programs that Benny was a miser driving an outdated, noisy, barely-functioning jalopy. On Benny's radio program voice artist Mel Blanc portrayed Benny's Maxwell sputtering, chugging, and gasping with various comic vocal sound effects. (Contrary to the portrayal on Benny's show, Maxwells were rated as fairly good automobiles in their time.) Benny appears onscreen driving a Maxwell in the film It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World. A comedian, or comic, is an entertainer who amuses an audience by making them laugh. ... Jack Benny Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky, February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974), an American comedian, vaudeville performer, and radio, television, and film actor, was arguably the biggest star in classic American radio and was also a major television attraction. ... Melvin Jerome Blanc (born May 30, 1908 in San Francisco, California; died July 10, 1989 in Los Angeles, California), was a famous American voice actor for both classic American radio programs and many animation studios, primarily the Warner Brothers and Hanna-Barbera studios. ... For the album, see Sound Affects. ... Its a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is a comedy movie that followed the Hollywood trend in the 1960s of producing gigantic and epic films as a way to woo audiences into movie theaters. ...

See also

• List of automobile manufacturers

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External links

• Maxwell/Maxwell-Briscoe with photos of various Maxwells
• Early Chrysler history (including Maxwell)