Paige
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Paige-Detroit Motor Car Co, Detroit MI (1908-1927)
Graham-Paige Motors Corp, Detroit MI (1927-1941)
- 1908 Paige-Detroit introduced
- 1911 Name is shortened to Paige
- 1921 102 MPH record recorded at Daytona
- 1923 Jewett make is introduced, named after Harry M. Jewett, president of Paige
- 1926 Jewett sales collapse & make is assumed into Paige
- 1927 Last year for Paige make
- 1927 Joseph, Robert and Ray Graham take over Paige and rename car as Graham-Paige
- 1931 Name shortened to Graham
- 1940 Graham closes down production for World War II
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References
- Georgano, G. N. (1969). The Complete Encyclopedia of Motorcars 1885 to the Present , NY: Dutton, pp 255, 307, 430.
