Monarch (automobile) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The Monarch was an automobile built in Detroit, Michigan

Detroit, Michigan

Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...

by the Monarch Motor Car Company from 1913 to 1917.

Joseph Bloom founded the company in the spring of 1913; by August, the company moved into the former Carhartt Motor Car Company

Carhartt (automobile)

The Carhartt was an automobile manufactured in Detroit, Michigan, by the Carhartt Automobile Company from 1910–11. They offered two models, the '25–30' and the '30–35' which were available in a runabout & tourer body....

factory. The car itself was designed by Bloom's brother-in-law Robert C. Hupp, of Hupmobile

Hupmobile

The Hupmobile was an automobile built from 1909 through 1940 by the Hupp Motor Company, which was located at 345 Bellevue Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. Its first car, the Model 20, was introduced to the public at the Detroit Auto Show in February 1909...

fame. The small 4-cylinder

Cylinder (engine)

A cylinder is the central working part of a reciprocating engine or pump, the space in which a piston travels. Multiple cylinders are commonly arranged side by side in a bank, or engine block, which is typically cast from aluminum or cast iron before receiving precision machine work...

car sold in the US$

United States dollar

The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....

1000 range. Production commenced later that year and 150 had been produced by spring of 1914.