The Hudson Ship Mystery (see UPDATE)
As you may have heard, this year it’s 400 years ago that the British seafarer Henry Hudson was ordered by the Dutch East-India Company to find a northern passage to India. While trying to do so, he discovered Manhattan (in September 1609), which the Dutch called New Amsterdam. Several years later the Dutch sold this colony to the British, who renamed it New York. We thought there could be a link between Henry Hudson and Joseph L. Hudson, who gave his name to the Hudson Motor Company. Unfortunately this link is not there (different family?), yet since the early 1940s the logo of the Hudson has two ships in it, copies of the ship in which Henry Hudson sailed to America. Do you know about the origins of this logo? Did Joseph Hudson think there was a connection with Henry Hudson? Tell us!
Update by Hugh Nutting: "J.L. Hudson had little to do with the operation of Hudson Motors other than financing it in 1909. The 1940-50 logo was likely created by sales and advertising people. They got a lot of milege out of the airplane for the Terraplane. Historic events had much to do with the image of other Detroit car makers. Cadillac,Pontiac plus Plymouth had its Ship [Mayflower?] and Packard offered the Clipper series."
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