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1940Cat332United States 1940. Photo album measuring 7 x 10 inches containing fifty-three photographs: two tintypes c. 1890s and 1920s six RPPCs and forty-five modern photographs. Photographs mainly measure 4 x 6 inches and smaller. Conditions vary; some with wrinkling and damage especially to corners and edges; others Fine. Overall excellent. A photo album of an unknown couple. Early shots include two tintypes which appear to be turn of the century to 1920s and six real photo postcards dating to the 1920s at the latest based on stampboxes. The RPPCs include portraits shots from a farm and a souvenir photo from Brooklyn. Later shots are likely WWII-era showing several men posing in military uniforms.<br /> <br /> The album is highlighted by its photographs of Californian auto tourism and a Soap Box Derby event likely also in California. Identifiable tourist locations include Bear Canyon Campground in Altadena and Cedarpines Park in the San Bernardino mountains; people pose with the car in deep snow and at the campside and shots show the car with luggage strapped to the outside and filling up at a Shell. One Cedarpines photo is dated captioned “Winter ‘28â€. Later auto tourism shots—with what appears to be a 1940s model car—show the car at a Los Angeles mechanic with a teardrop camper and a boat on top and later parked at a beach with the camper set up with manuscript verso indicating that the location is Mexico. Alongside these photographs is a shot of a Depression-era billboard reading “NO JOBS in California / KEEP OUT / 6 MEN FOR EVERY JOB / NO STATE RELIEF AVAILABLE FOR NON-RESIDENTSâ€; on the verso it is captioned “1929 / This sign was posted in Tennesseeâ€.<br /> <br /> Soap Box Derby is a Depression-era invention beginning in 1934 in Dayton Ohio and quickly becoming a national phenomenon. Derby shots in this album appear to be Californian or at least to highlight Californian entrants: the cars pictured are sponsored by Siminow Bros. a Los Angeles gas station and mechanic. These include the cars being towed in the line for the inspection station the starting line and action shots.<br /> <br /> Highlighting two very different forms of car-based recreation the album is of interest to historians of the car in American leisure in the period surrounding the Great Depression. unknown
1930List2430Topeka 1930. Folded map measuring 28 x 17 inches. Some small tears at folds very good. Very Good. A scarce depression-era map of Oklahoma with graphic advertisements to the verso showing the range of automobile-centric establishments in the state at the time. The map shows all the automobile routes of the time with text along the borders listing the towns and the telephone numbers of various services and lodging options. The instructions on the the top read “Put Out Your Fires / Leave a Clean Camp / Keep the Streams Pure / Don’t Be a Road Hog.†According to the single copy in OCLC at the Denver Public Library the map was printed in 1930 though we see no date on the map itself. The depression hit Oklahoma following the drought in 1930 which also coincided with the opening of the East Texas oil field. This map is a relic of the period just before the state’s economic downturn with the early automobile infrastructure still intact and vibrant. unknown
191653831Coronado: Hotel del Coronado Garage and Auto Service n.d. ca 1916. 1916. CALIFORNIA. 9" x 4" pictorial wrappers. 60 pages illustrations advertisements preface index maps nearly every other page; folded map of San Diego County folded map of San Diego Mountains laid in. This booklet "presents in a concise manner those places of scenic or historic interest of San Diego and its surrounding country together with the most pertinent facts in brief form showing distances altitude etc." At the time of publication W.G. Woodward was the proprietor and W.J. Carr was the manager of the Hotel Del Coronado Garage and Auto Service. Information on places to eat places to stay points of interest etc. in the San Diego area Coronado etc. Also offers information on several tours to include Point Loma tour Tijuana Mexico tour La Jolla tour Grossmont tour Ramona tour Mission Gorge tour Los Tules Lodge tour Imperial Valley tour. General information about San Diego County to include its agriculture miles of highway climate etc. Wrappers lightly soiled and with a 1/2" tape repair on front wrapper. Interior clean. Much information and nicely produced booklet. Hotel del Coronado Garage and Auto Service, n.d. [ca 1916]. unknown
1945305385Washington D.C. American Automobile Association 1945. 1945. First edition. 8vo 4 7/8" x 9 1/4". Illustrated with b/w halftone photographs by J.B. Penfold; a few advertisements; maps. Original pictorial wrappers in red black and yellow. 8 panel folding map at end. Very good. No signatures or bookplates. 1st Edition. No Binding. Very Good. Washington, D.C., American Automobile Association, 1945. paperback
194157081Billings MT: Billings Advertising Co. 1941. 8vo. 4 24 4 pp. With photo illustrations centerfold double-page photo spread text illustrations maps 4 pp. sections at front & rear which open into 7 x 8.75 in. sized leaves w/ maps & photos. Gold-tinted illustrated softcovers lozenge photo cowgirl on front cover yapp edges some soiling edgewear couple minor closed tears at the fold creases for the folding leaves still VG- copy. First edition thus of this remarkably scarce installment in the Gail’s Golden Guide automobile reference books for tourists intended to welcome visitors to the “land of Purple Hills and Golden Sunsets - of historic landmarks -- scenic wonders . . . the ‘Crow Country’ of yesterday. . . .†Filled with maps photos of rodeos advertising for gasoline stops descriptions of Buffalo Bill Cody the Billings Boot Hill monument and more. The business directory and the “latest revised auto map†were of invaluable assistance to the traveler on the eve of World War II. Worldcat locates only 1 copy Yale all other references to runs of the popular Gail’s guides only refer to issues largely from 1924-1939. Billings Advertising Co., paperback
1940LIST0210New York 1940. Watercolors on paper affixed to later illustration board 14 x 26 inches each. Very Good. An attractive set of images from the Robert Moses era in an unknown hand. The images show proposed intersections including two that were never built. The images include "Proposed Parkway Passing over Entrance to Fort Totten" which shows an overpass on the Cross-Island Parkway in Northeast Queens dated October 1937; "Linden Boulevard Overpass at Southern Parkway" showing an unbuilt intersection at North Conduit Avenue and Dumont Avenue perhaps in the Ozone Park neighborhood undated; "Woodbine Street Passing over Long Island RR to Metropolitan Ave & 67th St." which shows a non-existent intersection near the Middle Village stop on the M line dated August 1940. <br /> <br /> Interesting relics from the Robert Moses era which shaped the infrastructure landscape of New York City. A very good group overall though the Woodbine Street illustrations shows marginal dampstaining and all three show evidence of label removals and wear. unknown
192059959Boston MA: Carpenter-Morton Co. ca. 1920. Oblong 12mo. 6 x 3.5 in. 6 pp unpaginated. triptych which unfolds into bifolium 10 x 6 in. w/ 10 mounted paint samples overlay page w/ die-cut outlines for touring cars and roadsters self-printed colour illustrated covers cover art of motorist painting his 2-door touring car minor dustsoiling edgewear rubbing still a VG copy. First edition of this exceedingly scarce early paint & varnish sample brochure targeting post-Brass-Era motorists who wished to spruce up repair or change the drab colours of their automobiles. Founded originally in 1840 by Eleazer Pratt to sell paints and drugs the company evolved and grew in Boston incorporating in 1892 as the Carpenter-Morton Co. and were especially well known for their Campbell’s Varnish Stains for marine applications and Carmote paints. Ford Motor Co. and other early American manufacturers often sold original new cars only in black or with limited colour palette so these paints including Auto Yellow Royal Blue Auto Green Brewster Green Bright Red and others proved particularly popular. No copies in Worldcat. Carpenter-Morton Co., unknown
191940386N.P.: Privately printed n. d. ca 1919. 1919. First edition. 5 1/4" x 6 1/2" color pictorial wrappers with picture of the Serpentine Trail on front wrapper and a vehicle nearing the summit on the rear wrapper. 16 pp. including covers illustrated. While billed as "wonderful new auto road" the road is twenty to fifty feet wide and unpaved but undoubtedly the grandest scenic highway in America at that time. Views at different stopping points along the route to the top are provided some in black and white and others in color. The road was usually open from the first part of May until the end of October and there was a fee to make the trip to the top. The toll charges for those driving their own auto was $2.00 per person and with a $4.00 minimum motorcycles $2.00 per person pedestrians and equestrians also $2.00 per person children 6 to 12 years of age half fare. In the center of the booklet is a double page spread in color of a view of a section of the auto road to the summit of Pikes Peak. Light soiling else a near fine copy. Privately printed, n. d. (ca 1919). unknown
201263724Golden CO: Colorado Railroad Museum 2012. 4to. 82 pp. With photo illustrations maps text illustrations throughout. Colour-illustrated softcovers NF copy w/ laid-in timetables and excursion brochures for the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad. First edition of this fascinating history of the famed narrow gauge railroad connecting Colorado & New Mexico over rugged twisting route terrain which adopted the use of modifying Buick & Pierce Arrow Touring Cars and Limousines into one-man operator vehicles to carry passengers and mail along the route. These curious automobile/locomotive hybrids could be fitted with snowplows rotary snowplows cow catchers and eventually were sheathed in aluminum and dubbed the Galloping Geese of the RGS. Colorado Railroad Museum, paperback
190853379Seattle WA: Dreamland Seventh Ave. & Union St. 1908. 8vo. 28 pp unpaginated. Numerous photo illustrations plates ads text illustrations. Pink illustrated softcovers minor sheflwear minor rubbig VG copy. First edition of this exceedingly scarce original music program for the 1908 Seattle Automobile Show held at the newly opened Dreamland Pavilion in conjunction with the stopover by the racers in the famed 1908 New York to Paris Automobile race as well as the visit of the Great White Fleet which steamed into Seattle one month later. The advertisements in this brochure include those for Winton Studebaker Locomobile Welch Cartercars Franklins Stearns Pope-Toledo and Packard. The 1908 race was held in the Winter because the organizers originally intended for the race teams to take ship from Seattle land at Valdez Alaska and then drive on the frozen Bering Sea into Siberia and finally overland to Paris. Fortunately the American team discovered a month before everyone else that this could not be done and so they returned to Seattle where the teams were shipped over to Japan and then onto Vladivostok. Although the German Protos car driven by Lt. Hans Koeppen actually arrived in Paris first the team placed second behind the American Thomas Flyer because the Germans were penalized for having shipped their car by train from Salt Lake City UT to Seattle WA. No copies located in Worldcat; See: Karen Abbott Paris or Bust: The Great New York-to-Paris Auto Race of 1908 Smithsonian March 7 2012. Dreamland, Seventh Ave. & Union St., paperback
196259507Chicago - San Jose; Seattle WA: Standard Oil Company of California The H.M. Gousha Co. 1962. Four pieces. 1st - 12mo. 4 x 9 in. which opens to 18 x 37.75 in. colour map of Seattle on verso inset view maps of downtown on recto. Self-printed softcovers futuristic concept art of Space Needle towering over the Science Center with ALWEG monorail and pre-Fair concept of the Skyride before it’s construction featuring colourful open gondolas minor edgewear small tear lower corner front cover light toning 1 small closed tear still VG- copy; 2nd - Three colour-photo postcards sized 3.5 x 5.5 in. split-back all detailing trip to Seattle and the World’s Fair from the library of Archibald Angus MacDonald 1892-1977 stepson of famed southern California oil man William F. Byrne as well as oil company and drilling equipment company owner and manager of MacDonald & Burns Oil Producers to whom they are addressed. First edition thus of this nicely illustrated Seattle street map for the Century 21 Seattle World’s Fair in 1962 from Standard Oil of California. The three postcards from “Ada†describe the trip beginning with “May get out to see the Fair Next Week;†followed by Aug. 26 1962 describing “We expect to go to the Fair tomorrow.†Next postcard she writes that she “certainly have enjoyed my trip here and stay too short.†Very nice juxtaposition on one of the cards with early 1950’s Buick featuring the tooth grille below the futuristic ALWEG monorail cruising past and Space Needle in the distance. Standard Oil Company of California, The H.M. Gousha Co. paperback
19554891London England: Labour Information Office / United States Information Service 1955. Very good. 29pp. Folio. Original printed wrappers stapled. Noticeable toning and spotting to wrappers minor edge wear. Light toning to first text leaf. A rare collection of offprints of three articles which first appeared in the English publication Labour News from the U.S. in 1955 on the subject of automation in the American car industry along with a glossary of terms compiled by the United Auto Workers UAW. Two of the articles were authored by Walter P. Reuther president of the UAW and the third was written by D.J. Davis vice president of the Ford Motor Company. The articles were presented by the authors to a special joint subcommittee of the United States Congress. Reuther reports from the labor perspective writing that automation is welcomed by labor unions but he also points out the many problems of the practice. He also discusses the impending effects of electronic computers on society the responsibilities of employers the productivity of capital the need for growth in consumer markets the need for small business aid and more. Reuther suggests policies such as a more equitable distribution of the tax burden adequate unemployment compensation improved social security a higher minimum wage and other improvements that will satisfy the labor market in the advent of more automation. Davis's article provides the Ford Motor Company's perspective on the issue their definition of automation as well as its economics and effects. The glossary comes from a pamphlet printed by the UAW the same year and provides definitions of a range of terms such as automation servomechanism cybernetics and robot among others. We locate no other copies of this collection of offprints on automation from 1955 providing early information on the effects of computers and perhaps foretelling the advent of artificial intelligence on American industry. Labour Information Office / United States Information Service unknown
191662233Grand Rapids MI: United Motors Co. Etheridge Printers ca. 1916. Oblong 8vo. 9.25 x 6.25 in. 12 pp. printed in blue & black. Tan-coloured illustrated softcovers cover art of United Motors truck in blue black & tan front cover yapp fore-edges minor soiling to far right fore-edge slight shelfwear still VG copy. First edition of this very scarce dealer’s showroom catalogue for the pre-World War I United Motors Co. filled with factory photos advertising their innovative 6-ton tractor and semi-trailer configurations as considerable cost savings. For 2/3 of the cost of a 5-ton truck the retailer shipper etc. could field a tractor and trailer for less than $ 3300.00. Founded originally as the United Motor Trucks Co. before World War I as a division of the United Light & Railways Co. conglomerate to not only produce trucks and utility vehicles for their own needs but to meet burgeoning demand brought on by improving roads and fast-growing commercial demands before and after World War I. By 1922 Hulswit Kanary and Eckburg were building and selling United Trucks powered by a four-cylinder Continental Engine the lightest model featuring a worm drive and the others often fitted still with chain drives moving to shaft drive and by 1925 would be manufacturing what they called the “Highway Special.†Hulswit 1875-1933 was the president and organizer of the United Light & Railways Co. which held 13 railroad and public service gas & electric utilities and corporations in five states and was forced out of his company in 1926. By that time Kanary had decamped to Hollywood California and the truck manufacturing unit was spun off to ACME Motor Truck Co. of Cadillac MI which continued the badge for a short time. Advertisements for their truck line cease by 1928. Very few of the original company catalogues survive some business records and material can be found in the Austin Automobile Co. Collection Grand Rapids Library Special Collects. Finding Aid May 10 2018; See: Mroz American Cars Trucks & Motorcycles of World War I pp. 365-366; United Trucks Grand Rapids Spectator Vol. 11 Feb. 1922 pp. 17; Buys United Motor The Indianapolis Star Dec. 12 1926 p. 71. United Motors Co., Etheridge Printers, paperback
195957085Cheyenne WY: Wyoming Travel Commission 1959. 8vo. 47 1 pp. With photo & text illustrations throughout centerfold double-page map showing all roads leading through Wyoming. Self-printed photo illustrated softcovers wraparound photo montage showing skiers rodeos National Parks and more slight shelfwear NF copy. First edition thus of this well-illustrated automobile travel guide for travelers through Wyoming in the late 1950’s. Replacing the “Howdy Tourist†guides issued in the years following World War II this travel guide details the number of motel units pricing ranges those with kitchens; the many different dude ranches and their amenities; and the more expensive and well-appointed resorts and lodges many of them located in National Parks. The Campsites portion provided an excellent quick reference for available spots in the Big Horn Black Hills Bridger Devil’s Tower Grand Teton Medicine Bow Shoshone and Yellowstone National Parks & Forests. No copies in Worldcat. Wyoming Travel Commission, paperback
1920661291920. Ephemera. Very Good. Brochure 18" x 11 3/4" printed on both sides and folded once horizontally through the center and then twice vertically. The brochure measures 9" x 4" when folded. With several short closed tears to the edges at the folds. "A Real Home on Wheels."<br /> <br /> A promotional brochure for the Zagelmeyer Auto Camp Trailer a deluxe trailer which represents convenience and camping in comfort. unknown
0812081080.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1079504893.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1972028846UK 1972. First Edition . Paper. Good. 48mo - over 3 - 4" tall. An Original Official NASA Apollo 12 Astronaut Picture with Auto Pen Signatures of Alan L. Bean Richard Gordon and Charles Conrad. C1972. Apollo 12 November 14-24 1969 was the sixth crewed flight in the United States Apollo program and the second to land on the Moon. It was launched on November 14 1969 by NASA from the Kennedy Space Center Florida. Commander Charles "Pete" Conrad and Lunar Module Pilot Alan L. Bean performed just over one day and seven hours of lunar surface activity while Command Module Pilot Richard F. Gordon remained in lunar orbit. Size is 255mm x 205mm. Condition is good. Light finger/handling creasing. More images can be taken upon request. RefA1234 <br/> <br/> unknown
BN167459FERRYTELLS. Alltagsklassiker: Inklusive 8 Autos die die Welt bewegten auf Briefmarken à 55 Cent Technik Buchta Wolfgang M <br/><br/>Alltagsklassiker: Inklusive 8 Autos die die Welt bewegten auf Briefmarken à 55 Cent Technik Buchta Wolfgang M Alltagsklassiker: Inklusive 8 Autos die die Welt bewegten auf Briefmarken à 55 Cent Technik Buchta Wolfgang M FERRYTELLS unknown
1096563002.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1939H20457Washington DC: American Automobile Association 1939. Paperback. Very Good. 9.25 x 5.5 inches pictorial blue wraps very good light wear and some tanning illustrated; covers the entire United States plus parts of Canada and some of the islands including Cuba and Puerto Rico. Several hundred pages. Uncommon. American Automobile Association paperback
1929606Washington: American Automobile Association 1929. 9 1/4 x 2 1/2 inches. Good condition with scuffing at Richmond. Here is a collection of strip maps for a journey along the East Coast from Philadelphia PA to Daytona Beach FL. The maps are labeled one through 10 on the upper left corner in blue pencil. They have text on the back for early hotels with room rates in the $1-2 range and up to $3-5 in bigger cities. On page 9 there is an ink stamp for the Automobile Club of Philadelphia. Most likely these were used for a trip to Daytona Beach. Number 4 Card No. 249 has the road crossed off belowSouth Hill VA. It picks up South Hill on the next card showing the road going south. On map 6 there is a small circled area at the bottom with a marginal note saying "Seven miles of dirt road- good." Thereafter the trip is euneventful. On the back of each map are notes about the roads and places. This is a very nice set of maps illustrating the simplicity of travel in local context on a then fast track to Florida. American Automobile Association unknown
1595080147.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
0916748863.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1562512293.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
