Pierce-Arrow or Pierce Arrow?

[PFindlay]

I'm curious about the lack of the hyphen in early Pierce Arrow ads.  Is there any clear explanation of this, or when the hyphenated spelling was fully adopted?

 

In this ad the company name is hyphenated but the car name is not.  Curious.

 

[trimacar]

If you go to the Pierce Arrow Foundation museum webpage, link below, and read the article in the July 2019 The Great Arrow, it will shed some light on the subject.  There are still some shadows even with this light, but it's an interesting subject to me and why I included the article in that issue.  For some reason I can't post the article itself here, if someone can "steal" it from the newsletter feel free to post it on this forum.

 

Newsletter | Pierce-Arrow Museum    

[PFindlay]

4 hours ago, trimacar said:

If you go to the Pierce Arrow Foundation museum webpage, link below, and read the article in the July 2019 The Great Arrow, it will shed some light on the subject.  There are still some shadows even with this light, but it's an interesting subject to me and why I included the article in that issue.  For some reason I can't post the article itself here, if someone can "steal" it from the newsletter feel free to post it on this forum.

 

Newsletter | Pierce-Arrow Museum    

Thanks, here is the article from the July 2019 Pierce-Arrow Museum Newsletter.  It seems like the early cars were Make: Pierce  Model: Arrow.   After the formation of the Pierce-Arrow Motor Co. I guess they were Make: Pierce-Arrow   Model: 48 or whatever, even though the advertising didn't always reflect this.

 

Edited September 29, 2021 by PFindlay (see edit history)

[trimacar]

Thanks for posting it.  When I wrote that and included in the newsletter, I was contacted by a member of the Society who stated that regardless of the confusion, ALWAYS write Pierce-Arrow.  That’s now standard practice for The Great Arrow newsletter.

[edinmass]

It is supposed to have a hyphen........and I never use it. 

[Grimy]

32 minutes ago, edinmass said:

It is supposed to have a hyphen........and I never use it. 

Of course you don't--you're the resident iconoclast.....  🙂

[edinmass]

1 hour ago, Grimy said:

Of course you don't--you're the resident iconoclast.....  🙂

 

 

I RESEMBLE THAT REMARK!

 

Plus use smaller words when offering criticism, us unedjucated car mechanics aren't too bright. 😉

[Grimy]

56 minutes ago, edinmass said:

 

I RESEMBLE THAT REMARK!

 

Plus use smaller words when offering criticism, us unedjucated car mechanics aren't too bright.

"Iconoclast" = breaker of icons.  Or substitute "norms" or "traditions"...

 

I'll try to remember to use monosyllablics when addressing you in the future...  🙂

[edinmass]

Do you have anything simpler than monosyllables………. I can barely handle words with one syllable. 

[Grimy]

5 minutes ago, edinmass said:

Do you have anything simpler than monosyllables………. I can barely handle words with one syllable. 

I know, I know....  😞

[trimacar]

I think any sentence with the word “dash” doesn’t reference Mr. Minnie…it’s just too fast a word for him…