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Clark & Company of Lansing Michigan built the body for
R.E. Olds first gasoline-engined car in 1896 and later went on to
manufacture the Clarkmobile car in 1903-1904.
Originally was known as the Clark Power Wagon Co. founded by carriage
maker, Albert Clark at 231 S. Grand - Lansing, MI
Clark & Co. was a carriage manufacturer in 1896 they produced 3,000
carriages, buggies and cutter a year at it's peak. In 1897 the depression
slowed them down and they only employed 50 men. In 1902 a short-lived
gas-powered horseless carriage company was founded by Frank Clark & Arthur
Stebbins and Harris Thomas. They were the first producers of the first body
for R.E. Olds' gasoline-engine horseless carriage. In 1905, they manufactured
the Clark Mobile. In 1913, the company employed 100 men.
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