It was established in 1910 by Edwin S. Kelly, who had previously co-founded the Kelly-Springfield Tire Company.
The business expanded across the United States, including a headquarters in San Francisco,[3] branches in Seattle (1917–1926)[4] and Indianapolis[5]: 52 and a distributorship in Los Angeles.
[7] Another source states that the company only managed to produce 16 before the war ended and the contract was canceled.
[1] That year, the Kelly-Springfield Truck & Bus Corporation advertised that it wished to sell its Springfield manufacturing plant.
[11] The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History possesses some material about the company.