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| type = [[Public company|Public]] | | type = [[Public company|Public]] | ||
| traded_as = {{Unbulleted list|{{NYSE|UPS}} (Class B)|[[Dow Jones Transportation Average|DJTA]] component|[[S&P 100]] component|[[S&P 500]] component}} | | traded_as = {{Unbulleted list|{{NYSE|UPS}} (Class B)|[[Dow Jones Transportation Average|DJTA]] component|[[S&P 100]] component|[[S&P 500]] component}} | ||
| founded = {{start date and age|1907|8|28}} in | | founded = {{start date and age|1907|8|28}} in Seattle, Washington, U.S. as the American Messenger Company | ||
| hq_location = [[Sandy Springs, Georgia]], U.S. | | hq_location = [[Sandy Springs, Georgia]], U.S. | ||
| founder = [[James E. Casey]] | | founder = [[James E. Casey]] | ||
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[[Image:MPD1916UPS.jpg|thumb|300px|Merchants Parcel Delivery delivery vehicles, 1916]] | [[Image:MPD1916UPS.jpg|thumb|300px|Merchants Parcel Delivery delivery vehicles, 1916]] | ||
On August 28, 1907, [[James E. Casey]] founded the American Messenger Company with Claude Ryan<ref name="cnn">{{Cite news |author=Paul Lukas Reporting by Maggie Overfelt |url=https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2003/04/01/341024/index.htm |publisher=CNN |title=UPS United Parcel Service James Casey transformed a tiny messenger service into the world's largest shipper by getting all wrapped up in the details of package delivery |date=April 1, 2003 |access-date=December 18, 2010 |archive-date=October 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029082642/https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2003/04/01/341024/index.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> in | On August 28, 1907, [[James E. Casey]] founded the American Messenger Company with Claude Ryan<ref name="cnn">{{Cite news |author=Paul Lukas Reporting by Maggie Overfelt |url=https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2003/04/01/341024/index.htm |publisher=CNN |title=UPS United Parcel Service James Casey transformed a tiny messenger service into the world's largest shipper by getting all wrapped up in the details of package delivery |date=April 1, 2003 |access-date=December 18, 2010 |archive-date=October 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029082642/https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2003/04/01/341024/index.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> in Seattle, Washington,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ups.com/content/cn/en/about/history/1929.html|title=UPS: 1907–1929|work=ups.com|access-date=June 24, 2016|archive-date=August 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815114401/https://www.ups.com/content/cn/en/about/history/1929.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> capitalized with $100 in debt.<ref name="HistoryLink">{{cite web |last=Warren |first=James R. |date=September 20, 1999 |title=United Parcel Service (UPS) |url=http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=1679 |work=[[HistoryLink]] |access-date=February 21, 2016 |archive-date=August 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821194120/http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=1679 |url-status=live }}</ref> Most deliveries at this time were made on foot and bicycles were used for longer trips. | ||
The American Messenger Company focused primarily on package delivery to retail stores with special delivery mail delivered for its largest client, the [[United States Post Office Department]] -- the predecessor of today's [[United States Postal Service]]. In 1913, the company acquired a [[Ford Model T]] as its first delivery vehicle. Casey and Ryan merged with a competitor, Evert McCabe, and formed '''Merchants Parcel Delivery'''. Consolidated delivery was also introduced, combining packages addressed to a certain neighborhood onto one delivery vehicle.<ref name="HistoryLink"/> | The American Messenger Company focused primarily on package delivery to retail stores with special delivery mail delivered for its largest client, the [[United States Post Office Department]] -- the predecessor of today's [[United States Postal Service]]. In 1913, the company acquired a [[Ford Model T]] as its first delivery vehicle. Casey and Ryan merged with a competitor, Evert McCabe, and formed '''Merchants Parcel Delivery'''. Consolidated delivery was also introduced, combining packages addressed to a certain neighborhood onto one delivery vehicle.<ref name="HistoryLink"/> | ||