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2003Q-1588480399Smallmouth Pr 2003-01-07. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Smallmouth Pr paperback
192662993Detroit MI: Chevrolet Motor Co. General Motors Corp. 1926. Folio. 10 x 14 in. 6 pp unpaginated. printed & illustrated triptych in orange & black self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers fold creases as issued for mailing minor dustsoiling shelfwear offsetting from removed postage on verso still VG copy. First edition of this very rare dealer’s brochure issued for the 1926 Chevrolet Superior Series X trucks with carryover engines disc clutch with floor mounted gearshift semi-floating rear axle external rear brakes water pump and fan cooling fitted with the stylish hood fenders lights and running gear of the Superior V passenger cars. Designed by Chevrolet to be the lowest cost per ton hauled they were available in stave format butcher and packing house trucks screened trucks for wholesale grocers & carpet cleaners and an additional oil tanker version as well. No copies in Worldcat. Chevrolet Motor Co., General Motors Corp., paperback
192848143Cleveland OH: White Company Sept. 1 1928. 8vo. 132 pp. Numerous photo illustrations text illustrations diagrams 3 large folding. Tan softcovers black lettering & ruling on front cover uniform interior toning minor shelfwear still VG copy. First edition of this exceedingly scarce technical work on the mechanics and repair of White Buses and chassis used for White Trucks. The White Motor Company also owned the truck manufacturing names of Sterling Autocar Diamond T and REO which continued up through the 1970s. Their buses became especially well known in the 1930s when their Model 706 buses carried passengers throughout the major National Parks such as Yellowstone Yosemite and Glacier in the west and were called Red Jammers. Gettysburg National Battlefield still operates two of the White buses. White Company, paperback
195161863Detroit MI: Chevrolet Motor DivisionGeneral Motors Corp. 1951. Oblong 4to. 11 x 8.5 in. 35 1 pp. Colour-illustrated throughout text illustrations diagrams graphs. also the engine & transmission revealing interior working parts with each layer. Self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers with colour cover art with assorted Carryall Suburbans Pickup Trucks Flatbeds and Heavy Box Trucks slight shelfwear slight rubbing still a VG bright copy. First edition of this uncommon Dealer’s catalogue for the 1951 Chevrolet truck line-up which included the Model 1508 Sedan Delivery Model 3105 Pickup Models 3106 & 3116 Carryall Suburbans Model 3805 Panel Delivery Model 4108 flatbed up to the Model 6802 School Bus with 212 in. wheelbase. The 1951 Chevrolet truck models had raised and squared off the rear ends reshaped the taillights and moved the trailing edges of the fenders. Engines were upgraded with more horsepower for the heavy trucks and General Motors redesigned the instrument panel. No copies in Worldcat Similar title copy w/ 48 pp. at Stanford. Chevrolet Motor DivisionGeneral Motors Corp., paperback
18876832Providence R.I.: the company; Geo. F. Chapman Printers 27 Pine Street 1887. Bi-fold handbill 21.5 x 15 cm. 8 pages plus folded broadside. Illustrated. A small trade catalogue promoting barrel trucks wheeled racks which hold barrels and allow them to be moved around a warehouse or shop. Illustrated with two full-page images interior scenes of a “wholesale liquor store†and of a “retail grocery†each showing the barrel trucks in use. The broadside folded inside is a list of first-year purchasers of the “1665 Barrel Truck†and is torn at the edges. The handbill itself is fine clean and bright. Unrecorded. OCLC locates no copies. the company; Geo. F. Chapman, Printers, 27 Pine Street 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
0872630307New. New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back. unknown
191959828Louisville KY: The Kentucky Wagon Manufacturing Co. 1919. 8vo. 6.25 x 9.5 in. 16 pp unpaginated. printed in red & black which folds out into large 18.75 x 25 in. atlas folio dealer’s showroom poster illustrated recto & verso self-printed softcovers w/ front grille of Old Hickory truck motoring down a country road minor dustsoiling edgewear couple minor closed tears neatly repaired still a VG- copy. First edition of this exceedingly scarce dealer’s brochure/poster for the Kentucky Wagon Old Hickory trucks which at the time were available in 3/4 ton 1 ton and 1 1/4 ton configuration and truck bodies could also be ordered. The company had originally begun manufacturing Dixie Flyer Hercules & Crown automobiles in 1916 and by 1920 had completed of the Studebaker wagon works and continued to manufacture truck bodies dump trucks truck trailers and tow trucks. The massive factory located on 3rd St. in Louisville churned out many different styles and types of trucks trailers and trailer bodies. No copies in Worldcat. The Kentucky Wagon Manufacturing Co., paperback
2000Q-0873415809Books Americana 2000-03-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Books Americana paperback
196962996Grosse Pointe Farms MI: Verbiest Publishing Company; Chevrolet Motor Division General Motors Corp. 1969. Oblong 4to. 12 x 8.5 in. 2 170 pp. With 100’s of illustrations photos diagrams some leaves printed on yellow paper stock w/ thumb tabs at fore-edge introductory leaf printed TLS from Henry on Chevrolet company letterhead. Colour-illustrated softcovers plastic comb-binding as issued minor shelfwear slight scuffing still VG bright copy. First edition of this scarce and invaluable Chevrolet Dealer guide for special bodies and equipment on the highly desirable and iconic 1969 Chevy C10 pickup and Suburban platform along with extensive advertisers and suppliers information on heavy truck bodies and modifications. The extended opening section Chevy C10 includes builders and suppliers for Campers Motor Home and Van conversions trailers from such famed companies in Michigan Washington Oregon Kansas Indiana Florida and California as Wolverine Campter Co. Open Road Campers Chinook Mobilodge Co. ChevVan Motorhome Turtle Topp Chevrolet Travel Cruiser and Gem Top camper shells. Extended sections on ambulances and rescue vans school buses and school vans food truckstep vans fire engines are all featured. Verbiest 1926-2018 was originally a mortgage banker and sales agent for insurance company before founding Verbiest Publishing in the 1960’s and contracting with Chevrolet Motor Division. No copies in Worldcat. Verbiest Publishing Company; Chevrolet Motor Division, General Motors Corp.], paperback
200433300Pepperpot Productions 2004-01-01. Hardcover. New. Number 76 of a limited 100 signed copies. Brand New Hardcover Book Crisp and Clean. Pepperpot Productions hardcover
193260264Edgerton WI: Highway Trailer Co. ca. 1932. Oblong folio. 17 x 11 in. 36 pp. Photo-illustrated throughout some double page spreads. Textured printed burgundy softcovers black lettering metal spiral-bound as issued fold at center some age toning rubbing minor scuffing couple leaves w/ minor closed tears still a VG copy. First edition of this surprisingly scarce trailer and heavy equipment catalogue issued by the Wisconsin-based manufacturer at the outset of the Great Depression. The photographs depict the production facilities the machine shop pattern shop chemical & mechanical laboratories as well as detailing the development of the Martin Rocking Fifth Wheel hitch and the series of patents up to 1921 allowing for heavier semi-trailers and travel trailers. The wide varieties of models clients and advertising are all included from dairy company’s to Schlitz Beer specialized pole digging equipment and heavy equipment for installing telephone lines and more. The company was founded originally by Menhall in 1917 in Beloit WI who later leased the Edgerton Wagon Works to begin production before buying the site to expand his factory. The company specialized in commercial semi-trailers as well as small produce trailers and would later become a major supplier for the U.S. Army and Navy during World War II. No copies in Worldcat. Highway Trailer Co., paperback
196848629Pontiac MI: GMC Truck & Coach Division 1968. 4to. 36 pp. plus 13 leaves of paint samples w/ 102 vinyl and cloth samples for interior upholstery trim vinyl cloth and rubber floor mats numerous text illustrations colour photo illustrations. Original padded 3-ring binder faux-wood vinyl cover white red & silver lettering on front cover gilt & white lettering on spine rounded corners scuffing and minor damage to a few paint sample leaves-- 1 with some offsetting to facing leaf still VG- copy. First edition of this exceedingly scarce original dealer’s catalogue for General Motors Light Truck Handi-Van Handi-Bus Value Van and Heavy Duty trucks interiors and paint colour schemes. These include deluxe cab interiors for the Super Custom Models which were introduced with a 350 cu. inch. V-8 for the 1500-3500 series trucks. The trucks could be purchased with bucket seat and bench seat interiors while the Value Van delivery vehicles were only available with maroon vinyl seats in 2 colours. There are also factory designs for Conventional GM 4500-8500 Heavy Duty Custom Cab Trucks the 9500 Heavy Duty 114†the GMC Medium Duty Tilt and the GMC Astro 95. This sample catalogue provides an invaluable historical reference to the colours and styles of the General Motors truck of the late 1960s and are far scarcer than those for General Motors passenger cars. No copies in Worldcat. GMC Truck & Coach Division, hardcover
192059279Chicago IL & Seattle WA: International Harvester Co. 606 S. Michigan Ave. July 1920. 8vo. 8.75 x 11.75 in. 15 1 pp. Photo illustrations text illustrations throughout. Colour-illustrated self-printed softcovers cover art of IH Speed Truck bearing advertising of Innovation Trunks on sides center fold crease as issued from mailing chipping & wear to corner staples w/ rust markings minor edgewear still VG- copy w/ mailing label to Merton Rathbun Olympia WA on rear cover. First edition of this surprisingly scarce dealer’s catalogue for the famed International Harvester Speed Model S trucks for 1921. These early Speed trucks were powered by 35 horsepower Lycoming KB 4-cylinder and 50 horsepower Model SLH Lycoming 6-cylinders. The 1921 line-up featured one of the most popular IHC trucks which was the “Red Baby†of which IHC built a number fitted out with full cab and pickup bed painted red and added IHC logos as advertisement. Dealers and jobbers used them as shop and delivery trucks across the country. No copies in Worldcat. International Harvester Co., 606 S. Michigan Ave., paperback
1974117h5833USA: No Exit Music. Good. 1974. First Edition. Paperback. 168 pages. Superb compilation of classic southern rock songs as performed by The Allman Brothers. Six pages of colour photos of band members. Includes piano sheet music guitar chords and lyrics to: Ain't Wastin' Time No More; Blackhearted Woman; Blue Sky; Come and Go Blues; Don't Keep Me Wonderin'; Don't Want You No More; Dreams; Every Hungry Woman; Hot'Lanta; I'm Your Hoochie Cooche Man; In Memory of Elizabeth Reed; It's Not My Cross To Bear; Jelly Jelly Blues; Jessica; Leave My Blues at Home; Les Brers in A Minor; Little Martha; Melissa; Midnight Rider; Mountain Jam; One Way Out; Pony Boy; Ramblin' Man; Revival; Southbound; Stand Back; Statesboro Blues; Stormy Monday Blues; Trouble No More; Wasted Words; Whippin' Post; You Don't Love Me. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this precious Allman Bros. memento. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Allman Brothers; Allman Greg; Allman Duane.; Betts R.; Trucks C.; Oakley R.; Johanson J.; Payne K.; McTell Willie; James Elmo; Sehorn Marshall E.; Williamson Sonny Boy; Oakley Raymond; Dixon Willie; Morganfield McKinley; Cobbs Willie . No Exit Music paperback
195258478Detroit & White Pigeon MI Milwaukee WI Cleveland OH Lyons Quincy & Chicago IL; Elkhart & Hammond IN: The Heil Co. Timken-Detroit Eaton Manufacturing Hendrickson Knapheide Elkhart Welding & Boiler Works Inc. Truck Crane Inc. H.S. Watson Simplex 5th Wheel Arrow & Anchor 1952-1956. Thirty-two parts in one vol. 4to. 120 pp unpaginated & separate paginations. including mimeographed price lists colour-printed illustrations photo illustrations many w/ large folding plates self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers a few in black & white. Contemporary Navy-Blue Heil Co. split-pin softcover binder embossed raised lettering in yellow on front cover embossed raised decorations rounded corners still NF copy. First editions of this sammelband of truck equipment brochures and catalogues centering on modifying factory equipment and upgrading other commercial work trucks. These assorted catalogues promote and provide sales prices for Heil truck bodies hydraulic hoists elevating tailgates garbage truck bodies dump truck bodies assorted hoists enhancing trucks with Timken lightweight tandems and Easton tandem axle drives. In addition Hendrickson six-wheel conversions are presented along with Pacific Electric Hoists Knapheide stake truck and other body configurations Simplex fifth wheel hitches Arrow saddle tanks Watson hand winches and much more. The Heil Co. was originally founded in 1901 by Julius P. Heil 1876-1949 and pioneered electric welding to truck bodies and modifying trucks for municipalities excavating companies and heavy equipment enhancements. The Heil Co., Timken-Detroit, Eaton Manufacturing, Hendrickson, Knapheide, Elkhart Welding & Boiler Works, Inc., Truck Crane, In paperback
195762997Detroit MI: Chevrolet Motor DivisionGeneral Motors Corp. Feb. 1957. 8vo. 180 pp. printed in red & black many illustrations thumb tabs at textblock fore-edge. Textured light blue flexible covers blue lettering front cover rounded corners minor edgewear slight scuffing minor rubbing still VG- bright copy. First edition of this exceedingly rare dealer’s sales handbook filled with proprietary “inside information†for the iconic 1957 Chevrolet trucks redesigned along with the passenger cars. This model year featured the redesigned body style with wrap-around windshield hooded headlights egg-crate grille and the pickup became famed for its popularity with street-racers. This catalogue enabled Chevy sales staff to easily select the model of truck that best suited the body style length load capacity and accessories that the customer needed. For each model including pickups sedan delivery vans panel vans Suburban Caryalls Tandem Trucks School Buses and more specifications for tires axles brakes cabs and bodies along with engines radiators and suspension with photos and diagrams are shown. No copies in Worldcat. Chevrolet Motor Division,General Motors Corp., unknown
194559068New York Chicago & Kansas City MO: Socony Vacuum Oil Company Inc. Tyner-Murphy 1945. Eight expertly hand-coloured silver gelatin photographs all w/ photographer’s imprint at lower right corner printed on glossy photo paper stock and w/ only the slightest bleed-through on versos of a couple images NF set of image. These nicely hand-coloured photographs vividly depict several outfitted Mobilgas trucks at the end of World War II filled with such products from Socony-Vacuum Oil as “Bug-a-boo†Inspect Spray Mobiloil Kerosene Power FuelMobilgrease and Mobiloil Gear Oils and even Sanilac Cattle Spray.The 1945 Chevrolet/GMC models continued much of the styling cues of the pre-War Chevy’s and GMC’s but featured larger engines updated wiring larger radiator for cooling and other changes which contributed to their reliability and durability as trucks. The Socony-Vacuum Oil Company was formed in 1931 as a merger between two of the Standard Oil Co. successor companies formed after the 1911 break-up and sold both Mobiloil and Gargoyle products. Eventually the company would be renamed Socony Mobil in 1955 and finally Mobil in 1966. Tyner 1886-1957 was a longtime commercial photographer in Kansas City well known for not only architectural photographs but also U.S. Presidents celebrities and major events in the Kansas City area until his death. Socony Vacuum Oil Company, Inc., Tyner-Murphy, unknown
1920234641920. Commercial truck photo archive documenting motorized industrial transport in the United States during the 1920s and 1930s when businesses increasingly replaced horse-drawn delivery and rail-dependent local hauling with branded gasoline-powered fleets. The archive records commercial vehicles serving construction suppliers rubber companies bakeries grocers oil and tire service firms newspapers appliance companies and regional contractors across the East Coast and Midwest. These trucks made modern urban and industrial labor faster more mobile and more visible carrying company names through city streets while linking factories job sites warehouses and consumer markets.<br /> <br /> Photo archive of 40 large silver gelatin photographs each 8 x 10 inches United States circa 1920s-1930s. Trucks appear posed outside dealerships factories quarries service garages storefronts and company buildings with visible signage for businesses including Quaker Rubber Corporation Needham's Motor Service Liebman's General Electric Capparrell Construction Co. Charleston Daily Mail Carter Berkeley Co. and General Tire & Rubber Co. Vehicles include dump trucks panel delivery trucks refrigerator service trucks construction supply trucks newspaper delivery vehicles and commercial vans many with painted company lettering and product advertising. Several images appear staged for catalogue or promotional use showcasing staged vehicle bodies dump beds fleet arrangements chassis design cargo capacity and business-specific customization.<br /> <br /> The archive shows how trucking became a defining technology of interwar American industry especially for construction retail distribution and service labor that required movement beyond fixed rail lines. By the 1920s and 1930s commercial fleets allowed contractors to move sand gravel tools and materials directly to expanding roads suburbs and building sites while branded delivery trucks turned transportation into public advertising. The repeated construction and supply vehicles make the archive especially strong for documenting the equipment behind Depression-era and New Deal-period building roadwork and urban maintenance. Light handling wear curling toning scattered edge wear and occasional surface marks. Overall in good condition. unknown
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
1870D11847c. 1870-1920. Hardcover. Very Good. This collection includes 1 a family photo album depicting Selden circa 1885; 2 a carte-de-visite of Selden circa 1871; 3 three handsome mounted albumen photographs circa 1910 presumably depicting Selden cars; 4 a later photograph of a Selden motor truck; 5 a photostat copy of a legal illustration "Comparative Scale Drawings of Selden Vehicle"; and 6 a 1920 company pamphlet titled "Yesterday Today Tomorrow." The photo album 1 contains 18 cartes-de-visite showing men women and children identified by name in a contemporary hand in ink; family names include Woodruff Tomlinson Sayre Drake Rogers and -- of course -- Seldon. The single carte-de-visite of Seldon 2 was taken by O. F. Weaver of Chicago; a handwritten notation on the verso indicates that it was taken in 1871 as the fire of October 8 1870 "closed his business venture barrel hoop machinery." The mounted albumen photos 3 range in size from 5.75x7.5 to about 7.5x9.5 inches in excellent condition on heavy dark grey mounts with wide margins; showing a couple or a group of gents in Selden cars; it is charminging to see onlookers peering from the windows of the building in the background. A single photograph c. 1915 6.5x4 inches shows a Selden motor truck 4 loaded with Brass Goods from Henry Wray and Sons. Photostat copy 5 of a legal illustration 18.5x7.5 inches with flattened creases from folding and a little smudging shows comparative scale drawings of Selden Vehicle with 2 H. P. Engine of Selden and of Brayton Otto Otto-Langen and Lenoir; showing single- and 3-cylinder engines and listing the weight speed and horsepower of the engine. The company pamphlet 6 offers of 4 different Selden trucks plus text. <br/><br/>George Baldwin Selden 1846-1922 invented an early lightweight combustion engine intended for use in a four-wheeled vehicle and applied for a patent in 1879. This gives him some claim to be the inventor of the automobile. The patent went through years of legal challenges before being granted in 1895 and then faced further decades of lawsuits from Henry Ford and others eventually suffering defeat in 1911. In the meantime he launched the Selden Motor Vehicle Company in 1905 moving into truck manufacture after his patent defeat. Selden trucks are shown in the aformentioned pamphlet "Yesterday Today Tomorrow." hardcover
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
