All cars made up until some (unspecified) time in 1906 were made by the White Sewing Machine Company of Cleveland, Ohio. The White Motor Company was created out of the White Sewing Machine Co., begun by Thos. H. White in 1876. His son, Rollin Henry White, invented the auto flash boiler in 1899, and with the aid of his 2 brothers, Windsor and Walter, diversified the sewing machine company's products by introducing trucks and the White Steamer automobile in 1900. Though White outsold its nearest auto competitor 2 to 1, Thomas White dismissed the importance of the car, which led his sons to organize the White Motor Car Co. in 1906 on Canal St. in Cleveland. In 1909 the company made its first vehicle under its own name