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190657483Grand Rapids MI: Couple-Gear Freight-Wheel Co. Holson Motor Patent Co. Ltd. ca. 1906. Seven cyanotype photographs sized 7.25 x 9.25 in. to 7.75 x 9.5 in. w/ negative numbers w/in image at lower corner and four numbered as a series slight toning at fore-edges edgewear still bright contrast and clarity. Fascinating and remarkably scarce salesman sample cyanotype photographs by an early innovator in electric-powered vehicles. Heavy duty hauling trucks were a significant problem for reliability and maneuverability in the first decade of the 20th-Century because they were so slow terrible fuel economy and restricted to wider streets. Church & Knudson developed a unique electromechanical propulsion system called the “Gyroscope Motor†which allowed all four wheels to steer and eliminated a differential gear originally at 2 horsepower each. Initially manufactured as the Holson Motor Patent Co. they changed it to Couple-Gear Freight-Wheel Co. in 1906 and began manufacturing and selling their heavy electric powered trucks capable of a 40 mile radius between charges. The one to two-ton trucks were front-wheel driven and steered and could haul significant loads while the 5-ton models had four-wheel steering four-wheel drive and four-wheel brakes. These cyanotype images show a series of 2-ton Holson trucks hauling electric power house parts with two of them distinctly having African-American teamsters working on the rigs. Other images show an electric-gasoline generator hybrid hauling timber similar to those developed for hauling the telescope parts up to the Mt. Wilson Observatory in California; a Couple-Gear stave truck hauling a large industrial part for The Bennke & Co. coal company which changed their name in 1907 to the Polonia Coal Co.; and finally a U.S. Armory truck with company logo painted on the side of the vehicle. The Couple-Gear Freight-Wheel Co. continued in business until 1922. No similar images located in Worldcat or other collections; See: David Traver Adolphus Couple-Gear Gas Electric A Hybrid Answer to the Suburban Haulage Question Hemmings Motor News July 2011; Coulbe-Gear 1906-1922 American Industrial Mining Company Museum 2017; The Motor Truck March 1914 pp. 176 245-249 552 843. Couple-Gear Freight-Wheel Co., Holson Motor Patent Co., Ltd., unknown
196454590Detroit MI: Chevrolet Motor Division General Motors Corporation July-August 1964. 4to. 7 1; 11 1; 3 1; 11 1; 7 1; 7 1; 15 1; 15 1; Approx. 500 pp technical sections w/ thumb tabs and separately paginated. With 100s of text illustrations diagrams photo illustrations colour illustrations colour paint samples thumb tabs in yellow blue & white. Original Herculox Binder produced by the American Loose Leaf Corp. for General Motors Truck Division pebbled black cloth printed label in glassine window on spine rounded corners minor rubbing very minor shelfwear still NF copy. First edition of this exceedingly scarce dealer’s showroom catalogue for the 1965 Chevrolet truck van Suburban commercial van medium- and heavy-duty truck and diesel truck models. The 1965 Chevy trucks gained the 250 horsepower 327 V-8 engine as an option also featured an El Camino which had reappeared in the lineup the year before and even air conditioning became an option for the trucks. The 1965 half-ton and 3/4 ton trucks were available in regular 2-wheel drive C or conventional cab; K or 4-wheel drive versions; as well as “P†forward control; “L†low cab forward and “M†heavy duty tandem model trucks. The separate model inserts in this showroom catalogue show the features of the Chevy Van introducing the Chevy Sportvan; the panel models based on the Suburban Carryall platform including a 1-ton version; step-van commercial models available from 7 to 12 foot long chassis the Suburban which included a 4-wheel drive version; along with the heavy-duty and diesel truck versions available in cab over and conventional formats. The extensive supplementary sections to this catalogue offers an invaluable reference guide to every possible factory option paint colour and type of pickup cab chassis cowl 4-wheel drive suspension axle combinations brakes steering frames electrical trim packages and more available that year with price lists. No copies located in Worldcat. Chevrolet Motor Division, General Motors Corporation, hardcover
195559060Boyertown PA: Boyertown Auto Body Works ca. 1955-1958. 4to. 62 mylar sleeves all w/ inserted 8 x 10 in. silver gelatin photographs all w/ company logo in lower fore-edge of negative a few w/ additional company information or P.R. typescript on verso. Recent 3-ring clamshell binder an excellent set of images with all retaining bright contrast. This fascinating collection of original Boyertown Coach & Body Works photographs showcases a wide range of commercial and government trucks built on Ford 1 ton Chevrolet 3600 and Dodge chassis engines & cab platforms. These images include many different food trucks including those for hauling pretzels vending machine supplies bread baked goods portable donut trucks and more. Also represented are refrigerated dairy trucks such as one for the Lehigh Valley Farmers Cooperative out of Allentown PA; or a refrigerated truck for the A.I. Lipsey Inc. Furs Company. In addition first responders and emergency vehicles for the Salvation Army Emergency & Disaster Canteen service the American Red Cross canteen service; the Southern Chester County Station 71 fire & rescue truck on 1 ton Ford chassis as well as specially fitted lift truck for the Rochester Rehabilitation Center Multiple Sclerosis patients. The photographs include those showing the trucks with operators drivers as fleets and in one series a set of special semi-trailers built and designed for the Swift Centennial Merchandising Caravan best known at the time for their Swift Meats for Babies Norman Rockwell advertising campaign. Founded originally as the Boyertown Carriage Works by Jeremiah Sweinhart in 1872 the company would eventually begin producing their first commercial truck bodies in 1914 -- D.S. Erb & Co. Castle Hall Cigars wood body truck. Later the company was reorganized in 1926 by Frank Hafer 1883-1968 W. Howard Swarts & George Hoffman to specialize in metal-framed truck bodies. After 1934 Paul Hafer Frank’s son became president and by 1949 secured the contract for producing parcel delivery truck bodies for USPS and introduced their Ford-based merchandiser body. In addition the company became well-known for their specialized civil defense & fire rescue bodies as well as mobile canteens and catering trucks. See: Mark Theobald Boyertown Body Works Associated Builders Coachbuilt 2004. Boyertown Auto Body Works, unknown
195012628SIGNED BASEBALL CIRCA 1950 with the signatures of the following American League players the first six being Hall of Farmers: Ted Williams Lou Boudreau Harry Heilmann Luke Appling Charles Gehringer Bobby Doerr Virgil Trucks Billy Goodman Johnny Pesky Hal Newhouser Dom Dimaggio Bob Dillinger George Caster Stubby Overmire Hal White Bob Swift and others. This ball is somewhat soiled and apparently shellacked however the signatures are still quite readable. N.p. unknown
192059221Cincinnati OH & Chicago IL: Stewart Iron Works United States Motor Truck Co. Kaufmann & Fabry Co. 1920. Oblong 12mo. 6 x 4.5 in. 10 leaves unnumbered. w/ each separately featuring 5 linen-backed silver gelatin mounted photographs 50 in total sized 3.5 x 5.5 in. rounded corners many w/ negative no. in lower fore-edge w/in the negative leporello accordion style black linen hinges for each leaf mounted w/ linen hinges at gutter margin. Original stamped folding post-binder salesman case w/ foldover flap snapped clasp w/ gilt lettering stamped on front minor rubbing shelfwear still a VG bright copy. First edition thus of this exceedingly scarce original salesman sample photo catalogue for the short-lived truck manufacturer. Founded originally in 1862 by Stewart Sr. who opened the business originally in Covington KY the company quickly grew and eventually divided into three separate corporations by 1902. The Stewart company cornered the market on cemetery fencing across America manufactured the heavy duty trucks used by the US Army during World War I and installed iron works and benches in New York City’s Central Park the light fixtures in Congress fencing and gates at the Panama Canal the jail cells at Alcatraz Sing-Sing and Leavenworth. These sales photographs illustrate many of the companies purchasing heavy trucks from the US Motor Truck Co. division following World War I. Depicted here are flatbed trucks for The Diem & Wing Paper Co. in Cincinnati OH; Julius J. Bantlin Co. Wholesale Automotive Equipment and Saddlery; panel trucks for Baking companies w/ delivery doors built into the sides; a freezer or ice truck for the Niser Ice Cream Co. featuring curved cab similar to trolleys and other rail cars; or a dump truck for T.W. Spinks Co. featuring a Lehigh lift bed. The Stewart Iron Works truck division would continue until 1928 and also was a key truck supplier for Dow Drug Stores the Cincinnati Enquirer Cincinnati Post Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. and many others. Kaufmann & Fabry was an active commercial photographic firm specializing in architectural photography in Chicago from before 1910 and are still an active company. Founders were Charles D. Kaufmann b. 1888 an Austrian-American and Herman Fabry 1879-1955 German-American who are perhaps best remembered as the official photographers of the 1933 Century of Progress World’s Fair and were awarded not only the rights for publishing and distributing photographs and photos in publications but also operated a camera shop and film processing lab on the Exhibition grounds through 1933 and 1934. No copies of similar photographic catalogues could be located in institutional holdings or Worldcat and in fact almost no contemporary sales literature of the short-lived United States Motor Truck Co. division appears to have survived. [Stewart Iron Works], United States Motor Truck Co., [Kaufmann & Fabry Co.], unknown
193461383Santa Ana & Los Angeles CA: GMC Truck & Coach Division L.P. Mohler Co. GMC Trucks & Trailers; Custombilt Trailer Manufacturing United Auto Works; Hawthorne Studios; Keystone Photo Service; Leonard’s Studio; “Dick†Whittington Studio 1934-1936. Oblong 4to. 12 x 9.25 in. 42 leaves unnumbered. including 41 original silver gelatin photographs most linen-backed 26 mounted on linen & paper stubs 15 preserved in mylar sleeves paint colour-sample leaf w/ 11 of 12 GMC colour samples preserved in mylar sleeve many w/ manuscript annotations on versos a few w/ embossed photographer’s stamp in lower corner others w/ photographer’s imprint w/in negative at lower fore-edge occasional dustsoiling thumbing old tape marks creasing. Recent black cloth post-binder nickel-plated screw posts at gutter margin still a VG exemplar w/ 2 ff. list of “GMC Owners in Orange County†laid-in. An exceedingly scarce original dealer’s salesman sample photo showroom album for General Motors Heavy Duty trucks during the depths of the Great Depression documenting the operations trucks and customers of the L.P. Mohler Co. in Santa Ana CA. The dealership and service department was located at 302 French St. in Santa Ana and originally began life as the building for the Baker Electric Car dealership before becoming a truck specialist. Mohler 1890-1940 began working as a service mechanic in the GMC truck outlet before 1930 and by 1931-32 had become the owner and operator. Several of these GMC truck designs reflected the streamline Art Deco styling of Harley Earl which emerged from the 1933-1934 Century of Progress automotive and truck designs. Trucks depicted in the photos include the T-51-H T-23-C 2nd Series T-16 T-16-B T-18-B and the T-33-A GMC heavy trucks including flatbeds dump trucks beer trucks stave trucks and more. At the time Mohler contracted with Custombilt Trailer Manufacturing in Los Angeles and United Auto works in Whittier CA to produce their more specialized variations and myriad of trailers for their customers. Many of the trucks & trailers bear the advertisements and advertising logos for such companies as Apache Freight Lines Arizona-Pacific Motor Freight Lines Barr Lumber co. Bohemian Beer Central Lemon Assoc. Goldberg Film Delivery Lines Famous Department Stores Irvine Valencia cab-over truck fleet Kraft’s Miracle Whip Salad Dressing Pepsi-Co Rocket Gasoline Shell Oil Sunfreze Ice Cream Trucks from Arden Dairy and others. The paint sample sheet indicates the dealership offered such colours as Boatswain Blue Brewster Green Apple Green Orange Yellow Maroon GMC Morat Green and Black. Sometime in the late 1930’s Mohler returned to become a fruit grower in Mercedes TX and died in 1940 just prior to his 50th birthday from an unspecified back illness. His building was purchased in 1966 by Bill Lauer and began an auto restoration business specializing in Packards. Now owned and operated by Robert Escalante it has become the oldest continually operating automotive restoration shop on the West Coast. This cataloguer could find no similar surviving album or Mohler sales literature in any collection; See: Jim Richardson An Enduring Legacy: 40 Years of Experience Give Custom Auto Service a Big Advantage Car Collector August 2006 pp. 80-84; Custom Auto Service Packard Restoration Specialists 2024. GMC Truck & Coach Division, L.P. Mohler Co., GMC Trucks & Trailers; Custombilt Trailer Manufacturing, United Auto Works; Hawthor hardcover
192258048Grand Rapids MI: United Motors Products Co. Eckburg Automobile Co. Distributor 310 Ioia Ave. NW formerly Michigan Cadillac Co. Ltd. ca. 1922. Oblong 4to. 11.5 x 8.5 in. 41 silver gelatin images 29 linen-backed sized 8 x 9.75 in. many w/ sales and product information on verso some typed others in manuscript a few w/ photographer’s stamps all hinged at gutter margin 11 loose inserted into archival mylar sleeves bound in at gutter margin w/ photographer & dealer’s stamps on versos many w/ style pricing and product information on versos as well in manuscript some chipping & edgewear to these some corners torn creasing from wear. Contemporary limp calf Proudfit Loose Leaf Co. post-binder brass screw-posts at gutter margin rounded corners minor rubbing VG exemplar. An exceptional dealer’s showroom photo catalogue for the post-World War I United Motors Products Co. filled with factory photos advertising a variety of 1 1/4 ton up to 5 ton models in assorted finished configurations. Founded originally as the United Motor Trucks Co. before World War I as a division of the United Light & Railways Col. 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.†An artist’s rendering features a birds-eye view of the Grand Rapids MI plant bearing the name change in 1922 to United Motors Products Co. and subsequent images show stave flatbed delivery specialized dump trucks and more. Companies such as Henry Smith Floral Heyman Home Outfitters Van Den Berg Bros. Sample Furniture Grand Rapids Wood Finishing Co. Elston Packing & Storage Central Michigan Paper Co. Perfected Grave Vault Co. and others all featured fleets of UMP Co. Trucks. Many of these images bear the stamp of Eckberg Auto Co. of Grand Rapids which before 1916 was the Michigan Cadillac Co. Ltd. and later became truck distributor first for United Motor Products Co. and then ACME Truck Co. 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. Hulswit had been forced out with a $ 10 million dollar payment which he parlayed into the successful American States Securities Corp. which survived and thrived during the Great Depression only to die tragically while fixing his radio antenna at the Hotel Astor and plummeting to his death. Although no similar examples are found and 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 Products Co., Eckburg Automobile Co., Distributor, 310 Ioia Ave., NW (formerly Michigan Cadillac Co., Ltd.), unknown
