Help with I.D. of Automobile (photo taken about 1916)

[Fordlandia]

This photo is of my Grandmother and my mother's older three sisters.  I think the photo dates to about 1916, taken at the family farm in Fenwick, MI.  Unfortunately, I cannot make out the insignia on the radiator.  Looks like the car needed a good wash.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Bill Waite

Grand Rapids, MI

[keiser31]

About a 1916 Maxwell.

Edited February 20, 2023 by keiser31 (see edit history)

[Fordlandia]

Wow!  That was fast keiser31.  Thank you very much!

 

Bill

Edited February 20, 2023 by Fordlandia
correct spelling. (see edit history)

[Dandy Dave]

Rochester and Jack Benny. That's a dead on giveaway. 😜

[hddennis]

keiser31 nailed it. I always look at the windshield mounts as 1916 and 1917 are the only years Maxwell used this type.

 

Howard Dennis

[CHuDWah]

On 2/21/2023 at 7:57 AM, Dandy Dave said:

Rochester and Jack Benny. That's a dead on giveaway. 😜

 

A little off-topic but speaking of...

 

 

A couple Maxwells were used as props on TV but Benny actually owned one:

 

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In October 1942, Benny surrendered his ride to a junkyard to support the efforts of World War II, receiving $7.50 in war stamps for the steel body and parts.

Jack Benny’s 1923 Maxwell