Petrel / Filer & Stowell / FS

This American automobile brand originated in 1909 as the Petrel Motor Co. in Kenosha, Wisconsin, operating out of the former Earl factory. Later that same year the company relocated to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, becoming the Petrel Motor Car Co., where it set up production in a factory owned by the furniture manufacturer W. S. Seaman. The arrival of an automaker on Seaman's premises encouraged the firm to begin building car bodies,…