Sunday, April 18, 2010

Seely - Hinckley Automobile Company 1915 Painting by Ken Baxter

The Mt. Pleasant Carnegie Library recently acquired a photo of this painting and has shared with us.
Seely Hinckley Auto was located where the Triangle Lounge is now located; 98 West Main.  Prior to its construction, the Peter Madsen Peel Home stood here.  Robert Hinckley was once a mayor of Mt. Pleasant.  He married Clarissa Abrelia Seely, a daughter of John H. Seely, a prominent sheepman here in Mt. Pleasant.Robert Hinckley went on to become a Senator, a member of the Civil Aeronautics Commission, a parter with Ed Noble in creating one of the televisioon broadcasting companies.  He founded the Hinckley Institute at the University of Utah. You can read more about Robert Hinckley here .

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