The Firms

Tombstone advertisement for the Ford Motor Company IPO.
Collection of the Museum of American Finance.

Ford Motor Company

The Syndicate 

  • Blyth & Co., Inc. (1914-1984)
  • The First Boston Corporation 
  • Goldman, Sachs & Co. 
  • Kuhn, Loeb & Co. 
  • Lehman Brothers 
  • Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane 
  • White, Weld & Co. 
  • Eastman, Dillon & Co. 
  • Glore, Forgan & Co. 
  • Harriman Ripley & Co. Incorporated 
  • Kidder, Peabody & Co. 
  • Lazard Frères & Co.
  • Smith, Barney & Co.  
  • Stone & Webster Securities Corporation 
  • Union Securities Corporation
  • Dean Witter & Co. 
  • American Securities Corporation
  • Bear, Stearns & Co.
  • Drexel & Co.
  • Hemphill, Noyes & Co.
  • Hornblower & Weeks
  • Carl M. Loeb, Rhoades & Co. 
  • F. S. Moseley & Co. 
  • Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis
  • Wertheim & Co. 
  • Allen & Company
  • Clark, Dodge & Co. 
  • Dominick & Dominick
  • Hallgarten & Co.
  • W. E. Hutton & Co.
  • Reynolds & Co. 
  • A. C. Allyn and Company Incorporated
  • Bache & Co.
  • A. G. Becker & Co. Incorporated
  • Central Republic Company (Incorporated)
  • Francis I. duPont & Co.
  • E. F. Hutton & Company
  • W. C. Langley & Co.
  • Alex. Brown & Sons
  • F. Eberstadt & Co.
  • Equitable Securities Corporation
  • First of Michigan Corporation
  • Hayden, Stone & Co. 
  • Lee Higginson Corporation
  • R.W. Pressprich & Co.
  • L. F. Rothschild & Co.
  • Salomon Bros. & Hutzler
  • Shields & Company
  • Spencer Trask & Co.
  • Tucker, Anthony & Co. 
  • G. H. Walker & Co.
  • Walston & Co., Inc.
  • Watling, Lerchen & Co. 
  • Wood, Struthers & co. 
  • Baker, Weeks & Co.
  • Blair & Co. Incorporated
  • Dick & Merle-Smith
  • Laurence M. Marks & Co.
  • Model, Roland & Stone
  • F. S. Smithers & Co.
  • Coffin & Burr Incorporated
  • R. S. Dickson & Company Incorporated
  • Estabrook & Co.
  • Goodbody & Co.
  • Granberry, Marache & Co. 
  • Mitchell, Hutchins & Co.
  • Schoellkopf, Hutton & Pomeroy, Inc.
  • Schwabacher & Co.
  • Shearson, Hammill & Co.
  • A. E. Ames & Co. Incorporated
  • The Dominion Securities Corporation
  • First California Company Incorporated
  • McLeod, Young, Weir, Incorporated
  • Riter & Co.
  • Shuman, Agnew & Co.
  • William R. Staats & Co.
  • Swiss American Corporation
  • Van Alstyne, Noel & Co.
  • Wood, Gundy & Co., Inc.
  • Abbott, Proctor & Paine
  • Robert W. Baird & Co., Incorporated
  • J. Barth & Co.
  • Bateman, Eichler & Co.
  • William Blair & Company
  • Boettcher & Company
  • Bosworth, Sullivan & Company, Inc.
  • J. C. Bradford & Co.
  • Courts & Co.
  • Crowell, Weedon & Co.
  • Elworthy & Co.
  • A. M. Kidder & Co.
  • Laird, Bissell & Meeds
  • Laird & Company
  • Lester, Ryons & Co.
  • Irving Lundborg & Co.
  • Manley. Bennett & Company
  • McDonald & Company
  • The Milwaukee Company
  • Mitchum, Jones & Templeton
  • Newhard, Cook & Co.
  • The Ohio Company
  • Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood
  • Reinholdt & Gardner
  • The Robinson-Humphrey Company, Inc.
  • Wm. C. Roney & Co.
  • Stroud & Company Incorporated
  • Sutro & Co.
  • Auchincloss, Parker & Redpath
  • Bacon, Whipple & Co.
  • Baker, Simonds & Co.
  • Ball, Burge & Kraus
  • Blunt, Ellis & Simmons
  • Brush, Slocumn & Co. Inc. 
  • Richard J. Buck & Co. 
  • Burnham and Company
  • J. M. Dain & Company Incorporated
  • Davis, Skaggs & Co.
  • Dempsey-Tegeler & Co.
  • Emanuel, Deetjen & Co.
  • Farwell, Chapman & Co.
  • First Southwest Company
  • Folger, Nolan-W-B. Hibbs & Co., Inc.
  • Fulton, Reid & Co.
  • Ira Haupt & Co.
  • Hayden, Miller & Co.
  • H. Hentz & Co. 
  • Hill Richards & Co.
  • J. J. B. Hilliard & Son
  • Hirsch & Co. 
  • J. A. Hogle & Co. 
  • Hooker & Fay
  • The Illinois Company Incorporated
  • Johnston, Lemon & Co. 
  • Kalman & Company, Inc.
  • McCormick & Co.
  • Merrill, Turben & Co., Inc.
  • Moore, Leonard & Lynch
  • Putnam & Co.
  • Rauscher, Pierce & Co., Inc.
  • Scott & Stringfellow
  • I. M. Simon & Co.
  • Singer, Dean & Scribner
  • Stein Bros. & Boyce
  • Stern Brothers & Co.
  • Wagenseller & Durst, Inc.
  • Adams & Peck
  • Almstedt Brothers
  • Baker, Watts & Co.
  • George D. B. Bonbright & Co.
  • Butcher & Sherrerd
  • H. M. Byllesby and Company (Incorporated)
  • Campbell, McCarty & Company Incorporated
  • Carolina Securities Corporation
  • Childress and Company
  • E. W. Clark & Co.
  • Cohû & Co. 
  • Julien Collins & Company
  • Cooley & Company
  • Cruttenden & Co.
  • R. L. Day & Co.
  • Dewar, Robertson & Pancoast
  • Dittmar & Company
  • Doolittle & Co.
  • A. G. Edwards & Sons
  • Fahey, Clark & Co.
  • Fairman, Harris & Company, Inc.
  • Ferris & Company
  • Foster & Marshall
  • Gurstley, Sunstein & Co.
  • Gregory & Sons
  • Howard, Weil, Labouisse, Friedrichs and Company
  • Johnson, Lane, Space & Co., Inc.
  • Edward D. Jones & Co.
  • Jones, Kreeger & Hewitt
  • Kay, Richards & Company
  • Kenower, MacArthur & Co.
  • John C. Legg & Company
  • S. R. Livingstone, Crouse & Co.
  • Loewi & Co.
  • Mason Brothers
  • Mason-Hagan, Inc.
  • A. E. Masten & Company
  • McDonald-Moore & Co.
  • Nesbitt, Thomson and Company, Inc.
  • W. H. Newbold's Son & Co.
  • Newburger & Co.
  • Pacific Northwest Company
  • Peters, Writer & Christensen, Inc.
  • Phelps, Fenn & Co.
  • W. C. Pitfield & Co. Inc.
  • Prescott, Shepard & Co., Inc.
  • Rotan, Mosle & Co.
  • M. A. Shapiro & Co., Inc.
  • Chas. W. Scranton & Co. 
  • Silberberg & Co.
  • Smith, Moore & Co.
  • Starkweather & Co.
  • Stern, Frank, Meter & Fox
  • Stifel, Nicolaus & Company Incorporated
  • Stillman, Maynard & Co.
  • Stix & Co,
  • Straus, Blosser & McDowell
  • Underwood, Neuhaus & Co. Incorporated
  • Weeden & Co. Incorporated
  • Yarnall, Biddle & Co.

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