These mailable vintage-photograph postcards feature various early models
of Jeffery and Rambler automobiles. The Thomas B. Jeffery Company
existed as an automobile maker from 1902 to 1916 and in that short span
created a corporate foundation that would lead to successor firms Nash
Motors, Nash-Kelvinator, American Motors, and Jeep. Thomas Jeffery named
his automobile the Rambler, after the popular bicycles he manufactured
prior to his car venture. The Rambler was a car of outstanding quality
and reliability. From its first showing in Chicago in 1902, the Rambler
stood out as an unusual value for the money. That reputation carried
over when Tom Jeffery's son and successor Charles decided to change the
car's name to Jeffery in honor of his late father. In 1916, Charles
Nash, then president of General Motors, resigned his position and
purchased the Thomas B. Jeffery firm, renaming it the Nash Motors
Company. Before long, an all-new Nash car was introduced, and the
Jeffery brand faded away. Nash went on to become one of the largest of
the American independent automakers.