ANDERSON (1)

Anderson Carriage Manufacturing Co. (1907-1910)
Anderson, Indiana

This is an Anderson maker's nameplate/serial plate (1907)  ms

The Anderson Carriage Manufacturing Company built high quality high-wheeler buggies and were proud of this. "The Anderson is a motor buggy" said Anderson advertisements "It isn't meant to be anything else".

The Anderson was initially a 12 hp air cooled two-cylinder air-motor buggy with friction drive and solid rubber tires. The engine size raised to 14 hp in 1910. The Anderson catalog for 1910 offers eleven models, including some models with lower wheels and pneumatic tires and runabouts with conventional hoods over the engine. Unfortunately, the Anderson did not survive beyond 1910.

Emblem

Most Anderson models were buggies with dash boards at the front. Anderson catalogs do not show any sign of emblems or scripts but one surviving 1907 Anderson has a brass "Anderson" script displayed on the front of the dash, see photo below, but this is may have been added later for decoration during restoration. If a genuine original "Anderson" script could be found it would be extremely rare.

Anderson Buggy with script on the dash (1907)  pinterest

The 1910 Anderson catalog showing models with hoods over the engine also did not display emblems or scripts, see catalog illustrations shown below:

Anderson Model M showing no emblem (1910)  hcfi

Anderson Model O showing no emblem (1910)  hcfi

The Anderson buggies did display the company name on a small maker's nameplate/serial plate attached to the rear of the vehicle, see example shown above at the top of this post and again below. This Anderson nameplate/serial plate is very rare.

This is an Anderson maker's nameplate/serial plate (1907)   ms