ONEONTA LINN

Oneonta Linn Corp. (1941-1945)
Oneonta, New York

This is a Oneonta Linn emblem (1941-1945)   mjs
Size: 154mm wide 94mm high   MM: None

Holman Harry Linn established the Linn Trailer Corporation in 1929 to manufacture automobile and commercial vehicle trailers. The previous Linn Manufacturing Company, which had produced the Linn truck-tractor, had just been sold to the LaFrance-Republic Corporation (see Linn). By the late 1930's, Linn had developed a highly successful front-wheel drive low floor motorized trailer for use as a travelling show room. The vehicle had a lightweight frame made from trussed tubular steel.

In 1940, the company was reorganized as the Oneonta Linn Corporation and continued making front-wheel drive low floor vehicles. Oneonta Linn was also successful in producing ambulances and larger mobile hospital units for the US military during World War II. The company was in good shape after the war but a shortage of materials led to a plant shut-down in 1946 and the company was reorganized as the Linn Coach & Truck Company.

Emblem

Oneonta Linn vehicles carried a painted metal emblem mounted on the body of the vehicle, see example shown above at the top of this post. This Oneonta Linn emblem is scarce.