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Due to the large amount of photos, the Dealership information has been broken into several pages. Simply click on the location that interests you to be directed to the correct portion of the allocated page. -- The first Hudsons found their way across the ocean in 1913.
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EUROPE
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- NORTH AMERICA
- SOUTH AMERICA
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AFRICA |
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SOUTH AFRICA
Stanley Motors, Ltd., Eloff Street, Johannesburg. Hudson cars were assembled from Complete Knock Down kits here.
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ASIA |
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CHINA
Hong Kong:
Mr. C. Lauritsen, Desvoux Road. Mentioned in The Hudson Triangle Vol.5 No.4 of July 24, 1915.
Pekin:
Fu Hau Motor Garage Circa 1917.
Shanghai:
Markt Garage, 89 Rue Montauban. Mentioned in The Hudson Triangle Vol.5 No.4 of July 24, 1915.
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INDIA
Bombay:
Bombay Cycle & Motor Agency, New Queens Road. Mentioned in The Hudson Triangle Vol.5 No.4 of July 24, 1915.
Bombay:
Kandawalla & Co, Hughes Road, Bombay, India.
Calcutta:
Russa Engineering Works, Ltd., No. 4 Fairlie Place. Mentioned in The Hudson Triangle Vol.5 No.4 of July 24, 1915.
Stapleton & Co, 94 Ripon Street. Mentioned in The Hudson Triangle Vol.5 No.4 of July 24, 1915.
Karachi:
D.R. Herman & Co., Mentioned in The Hudson Triangle Vol.5 No.4 of July 24, 1915.
Madras:
Oakes & Co., Ltd., Motor Dept. Mentioned in The Hudson Triangle Vol.5 No.4 of July 24, 1915.
Rangoon:
Motor House Co., Ltd. Mentioned in the Hudson Triangle Vol.1 No.30 of May 4, 1912.
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INDONESIA
Sumatra
Medan-Deli, Sumatra:
D.D. Rens, Booheen Fuchs, Medan-Deli, Sumatra, Dutch East Indies. Mentioned in The Hudson Triangle Vol.5 No.4 of July 24, 1915. Editor's Note: The Dutch East Indies was the Dutch colony that became modern Indonesia following World War II. [North] Sumatra is a Province of Indonesia. Deli (aka Deli Serdang) is a southeast suburb of Medan.
Java - an island of Indonesia
Batavia, Java:
D.D. Rens, Booheen Fuchs Mentioned in The Hudson Triangle Vol.5 No.4 of July 24, 1915.
Samarang, Java:
D.D. Rens, Booheen Fuchs Mentioned in The Hudson Triangle Vol.5 No.4 of July 24, 1915.
Soerabaya (Surabaya?), Java:
D.D. Rens, Booheen Fuchs Mentioned in The Hudson Triangle Vol.5 No.4 of July 24, 1915.
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PHILLIPINES
Iberia Garage
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SINGAPORE
Singapore, Straits Settlements
Editor's Note: Singapore in the Straits Settlements refers to a period in the history of Singapore from 1826 to 1942 during which Singapore was part of the Straits Settlements together with Penang and Malacca as a result of the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824, which carved up the Malay archipelago between the two colonial powers. The area north of the Straits of Malacca, including Penang, Malacca, and Singapore, was designated as the British sphere of influence, while the area south of the Straits was assigned to the Dutch.
Wearne Bros., Ltd., Singapore, Straits Settlements. Mentioned in The Hudson Triangle Vol.5 No.4 of July 24, 1915.
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SRI LANKA - Known as Ceylon until 1972.
Colombo, Ceylon:
Brown & Co., Ltd. Mentioned in The Hudson Triangle Vol.5 No.4 of July 24, 1915.
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NEW ZEALAND
Gisborne, New Zealand
H.S. Motors LTD, Grey St.
Nelson, New Zealand
W.G. Vining, Ltd., Bridge & Hardy Sts. In business from 1912-1930. Click here to read article.
Wellington?, New Zealand
At 489? Lower Brandon St.?
Kent Tce, Wellington
Dominion Motors were the main dealers and had branches throughout New Zealand.
Masterton, Wairarapa, New Zealand
H.J. Jones Co. in Masterton, Wairarapa, New Zealand. Established 1913.
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GERMANY
Max Deesz: Cilvilingenieur Max Deesz welcomed at the factory by Expert Manager John A. Git. Photo featured in The Hudson Triangle Vol.1 No.27 of April 13, 1912. Location of Max Deesz dealEership believed to be in Berlin and/or Dusseldorf.
Netherlands
1929 Ad. Queen Wilhelma of The Netherlands was a major stockholder in Hudson Motor Car Co. Back in time they did not diversify as they do today. She was entertained by the A.E. Barits in their home when she visited the U.S. in the 1950s. As you can read in the following article link the Kinsmans were her carriage builders and later a Hudson Essex dealer. Maybe this got her to invest in Hudson.Click here for more history!
UNITED KINGDOM / ENGLAND
E.S.T. Cole, 25 High Street, Malmesbury, UK (NE of Bristol). EST (Stuart) Cole had been a fighter pilot in the first world war and then came to Malmesbury. In business during at least 1925. His son, Dick, continued the business still selling petrol in 1960s. He sold out to the Hyams in the mid 1970s; they still run the business.
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Courtesy Garage Distributor for Hudson and Essex motor cars. Founded in the 1920s by Louis B. Eckstein. At the time, the Garage was located at Park House, on the corner of White Park Road and Walrond Street, in Bridgetown. Click here for more history!
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Salamanca:
Angel A. Diez. Mentioned as a new dealer in The Hudson Triangle Vol.3 No.41 of April 11, 1914.
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JAMAICA
Kingston:
J. Sutton-Brown. Photo features the Gararge and Repair Shop of John Sutton-Brown, Hudson Dealer at Kingston, Jamaica, being inspected by factory representative Frank Lamkin. This was featured in the Hudson Trianlge Vol.1 No.30 of May 4, 1912. In 1913 John SB became a widower as his wife died of an acute mastoid infection despite being hospitalized in
New York (this was before antibiotics). John was left with four
kids, Alex then 13 (born December 1899), Don then about 10, Hunter about four and
Gerald a baby. It's possible that the Hudson dealership suffered as a result, as the descending family wasn't even aware that a Hudson dealership had been owned.
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ARGENTINA
Buenos Aires:
Pratt & Co. Circa 1913, Dealer Name: Don Vermuellen, taken over by Billiet & Cia in 1914. Pratt & Co is found under Importers General in a 1903 edition of Kelly's Merchants and Manufacturers of the World as well as a 1914-1915 edition of Machinery, reported as a reputable firm handling many lines of goods "made in U.S.A".
Buenos Aires:
Buxton Guilayn & Co, dealers in Hudson & Essex, Maxwell, & Duesenberg, circa 1920-1940. Click here for more pictures.
Columbia
Bariangquilla:
Herman Angulo
Bagota:
Cudecom
Peru
Lima:
Unknown Dealership, 1913.
Unknown
Herman Ferber
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