James G Pritchard

“Mr. Pritchard has all the work he can do in the line of wagon making, doing his own and some handsome painting.”

“Neighboring Towns: Varna,” Ithaca Daily Journal, August 25, 1875, 4.

Pritchard, Edwards and Co., (James G. Pritchard, James Edwards and M.P. Sullivan) carriage makers and dealers in carts, wagons, &c., painting and repairing, 6 W Green

1890-1891 Ithaca Directory

“Pritchard, Edwards & Co. have just turned out a new wagon for E. G. Hance, proprietor of the campus and city dime delivery line. On the panels and doors of the wagon are painted in large gold letters the signs of a number of prominent business firms. The wagon has a business like look and is a credit to Mr. Hance’s enterprise as well as to the skill of the builders.”

“Town Talk,” Ithaca Daily Journal, June 23, 1890, 3.

Pritchard & Son (James G. and Wm.) carriage manuf and dealers, 6 W Green (See adv p233)

1894-1895 Ithaca Directory

Pritchard & Son (James G. and William T.) carriage manufacturers and dealers, 106-108 W Green and Center corner Plain.

1901 Ithaca Directory, 263.

“F. A. McClune has just closed a contract for the agency of the Cadillac again this year. Mr. McClune has not yet decided where will display the cars.

His E. M. F. and Flanders showrooms will be in the Pritchard & Son carriage repository on Green street. Messrs. Pritchard and McClune will work that agency together and share in the business.”

“McClune to Handle Cadillac,” Ithaca Daily Journal, January 18, 1912, 8

Pritchard & Sons (James G, William T and Leon C), automobiles, 106-108 W Green, garage 224 S Cayuga

1917-1918 Ithaca Directory

"When the advent of the automobile industry began to sound the doom of the carriage industry, Mr. Pritchard did not become discouraged in the slightest. The carriage business was gradually merged into a thriving automobile business and a third member, Leon C. Pritchard, became associated with the well known and popular firm of J. G. Pritchard & Sons.
Mr. Pritchard, because of his long association with the carriage industry, became an expert student of the wants of the public as to solid comfort in vehicular traveling, and also was convinced that folks demanded the best values for their money in addition to being assured of that comfort."

"James G. Pritchard: Ithaca's Enterprising Buick Dealer," Ithaca Journal, September 1, 1923, 6.

"James G. Pritchard, dean of Ithaca's automobile dealers, died at his home, 223 South Albany Street, today. He was 88 years old.
Mr. Pritchard retired several years ago. A carriage builder by trade, he came here from Margate, England, his birthplace, to head the firm of Pritchard, Edward & Sullivan. After the retirement of Mr. Sullivan and the death of Mr. Edwards, the place was operated solely by the senior member of the firm. Later he organized and headed the firm now known as J.G. Pritchard & Sons."

"J.G. Pritchard Dies, Aged 88; Auto Pioneer: Originally Carriage Builder, Well Known Ithacan Was Dean of Motor Dealers--Retired Several Years Ago--Funeral Service Monday," Ithaca Journal, February 23, 1935,

James George Pritchard, 1847-1935
1st wife Susanna Matilda “Susan” Sandwell Pritchard (m. 1868)
2nd wife Elizabeth Winship Pritchard (m. 1893)
3rd wife Addie Jane Drake Pritchard (m. 1923)

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