Semmes Motor Company
Semmes Motor Company was an automobile dealership in 21st Street and L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C..
Products and services
The company was specialised in painting, trimming and repairing of delivery trucks. A collection of 75 high-resolution photographs of their vehicles and workshops is available in the Library of Congress. In July 1917, the Semmes Motor Company took over the Union Building on G Street, the venue for the 1917 Auto Show and offered 24-hour repair service as well as showrooms for Dodge and Hudson cars. There, it provided a service station and sold new and used cars. In winter 1918 it delivered a limited number of Touring Cars of the Dodge Brothers Motor Company and separate winter tops for these vehicles from their offices at 1100 Connecticut Avenue in Washington D.C.
Products and services
The company was specialised in painting, trimming and repairing of delivery trucks. A collection of 75 high-resolution photographs of their vehicles and workshops is available in the Library of Congress. In July 1917, the Semmes Motor Company took over the Union Building on G Street, the venue for the 1917 Auto Show and offered 24-hour repair service as well as showrooms for Dodge and Hudson cars. There, it provided a service station and sold new and used cars. In winter 1918 it delivered a limited number of Touring Cars of the Dodge Brothers Motor Company and separate winter tops for these vehicles from their offices at 1100 Connecticut Avenue in Washington D.C.
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