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Jonathan Maxwell started out as a bicycle repairman and a machinist then before 1900, he worked with Elwood Haynes in building an automobile which is now in the Smithsonian Institution.
1911 Maxwell AB Runabout
He later worked with Eli Olds, developer of the Oldsmobile. Maxwell-Briscoe Company was formed in 1903 with Benjamin Briscoe. In 1904 their first car was the Maxwell Runabout.