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Palmer-Moore Company

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Palmer-Moore Company
Company typeTruck Manufacturing
IndustryEngine and truck manufacturing
GenreTrucks
Founded1906
FounderCharles L. Palmer, Thomas W. Meachem, T. G. Meachem and Edward Moore
Defunct1918
FateCompetition and lack of capital during World War I
Headquarters,
Area served
United States
Key people
Thomas W. Meachem
ProductsWater and air-cooled motor and marine engines, trucks
Number of employees
600 in 1916

The Palmer-Moore Company (1906–1918) was a manufacturer of gasoline and air-cooled motor engines and marine engines in Syracuse, New York. The company began production of commercial trucks beginning in 1912. They were the third manufacturer in the city in the business and specialized in the manufacture of custom designs for local industries.

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Palmer-Moore, "Moore Motors" - Power Wagons, June, 1912
C. E. Mills Oil Company Advertisement and their new Palmer-Moore truck in June, 1913 - Syracuse Herald, June 22, 1913
Palmer-Moore Company - Advertisement 1913 - "Low maintenance expense. Can be operated by anybody having ordinary eyes, ears, hands and feet, and is easy as a wagon to keep in order" - Syracuse Herald, September 7, 1913
Palmer-Moore Company - 1913 "Dairymen, Milk Dealers and Ice Cream Manufacturers - Syracuse Herald, December 7, 1914
Palmer-Moore Company Advertisement - State Fair Exhibit - Syracuse Herald, August 30, 1914
Palmer-Moore Company Advertisement - "Cloverleaf Dairy" - Syracuse Herald, September 12, 1915
Palmer-Moore Company - Group of five Palmer-Moore trucks for Utica, New York - Syracuse Herald, April 9, 1916
Palmer-Moore Company Advertisement - "Special Ice Body Emergency Truck" - Syracuse Herald, July 23, 1916
Palmer-Moore Company Advertisement "Open Express Body" - Syracuse Herald, October 29, 1916
Palmer-Moore Company Advertisement "New two-ton model" - Syracuse Herald, November 5, 1916
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