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"Designed to provide the service man with complete information on the construction, operation, maintenance and repair of various units of the 1948-51 model Chevrolet and G.M.C. trucks." - from title page. Almost one inch thick. Contents in good condition - clean and unmarked. Backstrip chipped and torn. Spine slanting. A decent working copy. Book
Almost one inch thick. "This manual includes procedures for maintenance and adjustments, minor service operations and replacement of components." - from title page. Covers separated from textblock but present. Covers waterstained and rough along backstrip. Average wear to contents which bear modest moisture stains to some pages. A worthy working copy. Book
96 pages. Features: Cover art by Oscar Cahen shows different movie theatre lineups; One-page Birks Jewellers ad; Fantastic one-page colour-photo ad for International Trucks shows six trucks; Editorial - An Epitaph for Stalin; Why Derek Bentley Had to Hang; Backstage at Ottawa - Social Credit Feels Its Oats; Nice one-page colour-photo ad for GE's Roto-Cold fridge; The British West Indies Want to Join Canada - bonus-length feature article; How Elizabeth Was Taught to Rule - part 3 of 7 of a series on the family in Buckingham Palace - article with great royalty photos; Our Illegal Federal Elections - most of our lawmakers publish innacurate statements of their campaign expenses - who comes across with the money, and what do they get for it?; The Scramble for New Brunswick's New Millions - prospecting in the forests around Bathurst, N.B. - photo-illustrated article, including Jimmy Boylen, Pat Meahan and E.G. Eddy; The Long Night (short story); The Movies Stake Their Life on the 3-D (3D) Revolution; Louis B. Mayer Bounces back at age 67 as the Big Boss of Cinerama; How to Live With a Woman; Our Flabby Muscles Are a National Disgrace - great article by Lloyd Percival, Director of Sports College; Subject Centaur (short story); Leonard Walter Brockington - photo-illustrated article; Whitehorse is Heaven for a Single Girl - photo-illustrated article; Article on Diamonds, and how they remain popular; One-page colour Good Year ad features illustrations of fourteen vintage autos; Nostalgic one-page colour ad for Leonard Fridges; Sweet Caps (Caporals) cigarette ad features puffing majorette; Nice one-page colour Pontiac features a red 1953 Laurentian Sport Coupe and a blue Laurentian 4-door sedan; One-page colour ad for the 1953 Ford Customline; Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) ad features photo of young William Keeler of West Hill, Ontario; Very nostalgic one-page General Motors ad features photos of car-making at Oshawa, auto-parts making at St. Catherines, appliance-making at Scarborough and locomotive-making at London; Nice Nexzema one-page photo ad features lovely Betty Hickman of Toronto and Helen Schmick of Winnipeg; Nice one-page colour ad for Gibson fridges; One-page illustrated ad for 1953 Mercury Trucks; Vintage one-page Air France ad asks "Going to Calcutta?"; Gar Wood ad features photo of the home of Mr. McCallum of Chatham, Ontario; One-page Chevrolet Truck ad features "Comfort in the Cab"; Elegant colour Coke ad on back cover features ballet dancers; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Small chip from bottom corner of front cover. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
100 pages. Features: Cover illustration of St. Joseph's Convent on Toronto's Bay Street, with nuns raking fall leaves; The dream of Rt. Hon. L.S. Amery - his son Julian became an M.P. but son John was hanged for wartime pro-Nazi broadcasts; Nice two-page colour-photo ad for General Motors trucks presents a blue pickup and a red 2-ton stake truck; Vintage one-page photo ad for the Toro "Power Handle which allowed one motor to power numerous yard care attachments; What Virtue Has Done to Montreal - excellent photo-illustrated article discusses how the girls are being chased out of town and the bars being forced to close on time - with photos of Frank Pretula, Louis Greco, Pierre DesMarais, Jean Drapeau, Pax Plante, Armand Courval, and members of the morality squad; The Miracle that began in a Stable - Dr. J.G. Fitzgerald and the history of his Connaught Laboratories which makes vaccines - photo-illustrated article; How to Handle Women; Photo-illustrated article on the unlikeliest couple in show business - George Murray and Shirley Harmer; Will a Machine Ever Take Your Job? - Article on what automation will mean to Canada; The Great Chinese Food Hoax - colour-photo-illustrated article on how Canada's Cantonese cooks are now being recognized for their delicious Chinese dishes, rather than the Canadian food they had been preparing in their cafes; The Great Carlak's Bitter Magic (short story); Life on the Gulf Islands - great photo-illustrated article on the 4,000 Canadians enjoying the dream of living on an island in the Pacific - with photos of Margaret Robinson, George Copeland, Bob Holloman, Derril Georgeson, Winnie Lautmann, Norm Preston, and Mr. and Mrs. A. King; Who Was the Mad Trapper of Rat River? - Illustrated article on Albert Johnson who shot others before being killed by a posse; How I Made my Killing in the Market - all you need is a few bucks and some 'inside dope'; One-page National Cash Register (NCR) colour ad features lovely redhead; Color ad features the Sheraton-Carlton Hotel, Washington, D.C.; Haig & Haig whisky ad features nice colour photo of Eilean Donan Castle; Sisman Tredders shoe ad features photo and endorsement by Lloyd Percival; Nice one-page colour Sylvania TV ad; Half-page Homelite ad shows large tree being brought down; Unusual one-page colour ad for Canada Savings Bonds (CSB) illustrates how to read a tea cup; Quarter-page Moosehead Pale Ale ad features illustration of moose looking at portaging canoeist; Great one-page illustrated Dunlop Tires ad features photo of hero Mr. Martin Binkle of Kitchener, a driver for the Cope Transport Company who rescued children from a blazing farmhouse on highway 6 near Rockton; Labatt's IPA ale ad features photo of Wexford, Ontario labourer Frederick Gilbert; Nice one-page two-colour ad for 1955 GMC trucks hilights their all-new V8 engines; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
56 pages. Features: Great colour ad for International Trucks inside front cover; Nice two-colour full-page Chevrolet ad; Super Sub-Hunters (fiction); Nice one-page Canada Dry ad; Canadians are donating the blood to be used for Britain's armies; Churchill and Chamberlain - a column from London; Pottsy (fiction); What Canada Means to Me; Tondar (fiction); Wakeville, Awake! (part 4 of 4); South of the Border - photos and article on the thriving city of Windsor, Ontario; Great full-page ad for Sisman's Scampers (shoes); Kindergarten of the Air - Frank Lucas and his Toronto Model Airplane Factory -article with photos; Nice full-page two-colour ad for Moffat Electric Ranges; Nice two-colour full-page ad for Caterpillar diesel engines and electric sets; Full-page Dodge Truck ad; Great colour ad for Hewetson Shoes inside back cover; Nice colour ad for Nash automobiles on back cover. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding tight. A nice copy. Book
Features: Nice colour-illustrated military-themed Canada Post ad inside front cover; Assault on Normandy, by Maclean's War Correspondent L.S.B. Shapiro, with photos; "Stand By to Beach", by Commander Peter MacRitchie, RCNVR - D-Day Coverage - article with photos; Dinner for Four - fiction by Marguerite Eyssen; How Long will You Live?, by Dr. W.W. Bauer; So This is Rome, by Peter Stursberg - impressions of the eternal city after liberation; Britain After the War, by Rt. Hon. Malcolm MacDonald; 'Stardom's No Joke' says Judith Evelyn, 1,000 times a star in Angel Street; Interesting news bits from across the country; Have a Good Time, John - fiction by Alberta Pierson Hannum; Johnny Longden Up, by Jim Coleman, with photos; Brilliant Business - Canadians are proving they can master the ancient craft of diamond cutting; Wedding Bells for another Woodbury (Soap) Deb - the former Thelma Bertha Bowell of B.C. and Lieutenant Wilbert Kennith Carter - ad with photos; Colour Kodak ad explains colour printing; Lovely colour ad for Dr. West's toothbrushes; Nice colour ad for Nabisco Shredded Wheat; *RARE* full-page colour GM ad commemorates the contribution of the quarter-million vehicles they contributed to the war effort - caption reads "The First Billion Miles are the Hardest!; Similar colour ad by Ford Motor Company inside back cover shows their trucks at work in war and at home; Heintzman & Co. piano ad; *Wonderful* colour-illustrated Coke ad on back cover shows a sailor returning from war being welcomed to his industrial former place of work; Faint bit of writing and address label upon front cover. Moderate wear. A quality copy of this important wartime issue. Magazine
168 pages. Superb compilation of classic southern rock songs as performed by The Allman Brothers. Six pages of colour photos of band members. Includes music, 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. Precious memento of this great band. Book
416 pages. Profusely illustrated with black and white archival photos. Based upon extensive access to company records. "Throughout this narrative it has been our goal to show the evolution of the farm equipment industry - specifically International Harvester Company and its predecessors. It is hoped that the reader might see a thread of continuity in our attempt to portray the Company's goal of building labor-saving machines for the farmer." - from Preface. Clean and bright with very light wear. Handsomely decorated read boards. Front endpaper bears prior owner's ink stamps, blind stamp, and handwritten personal details. Atop several pages the page number has been hand-written in. Bit of writing inside back board. This copy was obviously cherished and treated accordingly by its prior owner. A lovely copy of this magnificent compilation. Book
308 pages including index. Profusely illustrated with archival black and white photographs of early logging equipment. "In terms of plant succession, the imprint of the shoes of tracklaying tractors in the woods are truly endless tracks in the woods. This book is written for those who wish to appreciate the woodlands of North America and to more fully participate in the management of such areas by acquiring additional historical perspective on how our current woodland landscapes have evolved." - from Introduction. Chapters include: Steam Tractors; Best and Holt Steam Wheel Tractors; Lombard Log Hauler; Logging with Big Wheels; Holt Tractor Company; C.L. Best Tractor Company; Cletrac; The Remainder of the Cast - Tracklaying manufacturers Besides Best and Holt 1920; War, Labor, Strife and Productivity; Caterpillar Tractor Company; The Competition - Allis Chalmers and International Harvester; Auxilliary Equipment for the Transportation of logs with Tracklaying Tractors; Stand Damage - The First Crisis in Logging with Tracklaying Tractors; Bulldozers; Scrapers; Motor Trucks for Hauling Logs; Tracked Loaders. Clean, bright and unmarked. Very light wear. Some bumping to two corners. Excellent copy of this work which is guaranteed to thrill the souls of early logging buffs. Book
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
64 pages. Features: Nice color/photo ad for Quaker Puffed Rice and Puffed Wheat inside front cover; Great full-page ad with photos for International Trucks; Full-page photo ad for Cream of Wheat features baby; Salesmen of Death - The Truth About War Makers - "This Frankenstein monster must be smashed or it will smash civilization", by Lieut.-Col. George A. Drew - article with photos of Dr. William B. Shearer and Sir Basil Zaharoff; Backstage at Ottawa; Air-Minded - short story; The Empress of Britain - article with great photos of/in this Canadian-owned vessel which holds the record as the fastest liner plying between Europe and North America; The Fourth Bridesmaid - short story; What's Wrong with our Lacrosse? - writer mourns Canada's first defeat at the hands of the United States; The Strange Case of Dr. King - short story; The New Partner - short story; Sciene Aids the Airman - J.H. Parkin and aeronautical research at the National Research Laboratories in Ottawa - article with photos; Don't Let Her Worry - short story; Back of the Hump - a vivid pen picture of Canada's newest national park - the Riding Mountain Reserve in Manitoba - with photos; The Silver Scale - short story; Stalin's Rule is Autocratic - the world's most powerful ruler according to many; Photo and bried story of the world's richest man, The Nizam of Hyderabad; Communism and the Ukrainians - a fascinating long letter by Arthur O. Rose of Hafford, Saskatchewan; Brickbats and Bouquets; Wonderful Canadian Nationa (CN) full-page black and white photo ad promotes their Montreal to Toronto service - 334 miles in 360 minutes; The Secret of Successful Salad Dressings - article with recipes; Crossword; Consider the Lily; Bankers adopt more hopeful attitude toward foregin bonds; Colour ad for Kodak Verichrome film on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound, informative and pleasing vintage issue. Book
Features: The Electric Vehicle Company - The Failed Coup by the Electric Trust to monopolize the automobile industry - fascinating article with beautiful photos; Mr. Electric - George De Laplaine of New Brunswick, NJ and his collection of electric vehicles; The Invincible Electric Trucks of the Curtis Publishing Co. - article with great photos - 22 electric trucks dating from 1910 to 1927 have proven the efficiency and economics of the electric vehicle; A Portfolio of Electrics - super photos of early electric cars with captions; Discovering a 1911 Hupp Yeats Electric; A 1914 Baker Electric Roadster Model WB; The Herb Singes - Jr. and Sr. - article with photos; Restoring a 1911 Palmer-Singer; Photos of Illinois region cars; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
96 pages. Index of advertisers. Features: Cover photo of the vessel 'Orient City' fully loaded with lumber; Two-color ad for Broderick yellow-strand wire rope inside front cover; Nicely logging-theme illustrated Timken bearing full-page ad; American Tiger Brand Wire Rope ad features great photo (circa 1885) of steam (bull) donkey and many loggers; R.G. LeTourneau ad features photo of their bulldozer and a Willamette-Hyster arch at work; Full-page two-color photo ad for Caterpillar features A.E. Baker of Fruit Growers Supply, Susanville, CA; Durable Douglas Fir Cross Arms used on telephone poles by the British Columbia Telephone Company - article with photo; Hand Methods Must Give Way to Mechanization in Eastern Canada - article; Photos of sawmill scenes in Sweden and Finland; Novel Effects in Wood at Paris Exposition - article with photos; Unique Power Plant of Vancouver Island Lumber Operation - Nootka Wood Products, Ltd. mill at Port Tasis (Tahsis) is driven by wood gas - article with photos - including photo of John P. Blenkinsop and Harry Smith and another photo of plant manager Lute D. Rogers with George M. Cornwall of this publication; Fantastic two-page two-color illustrated ad for the Ross Lumber Carrier, Model 90; S.A. Woods Machine Company ad features their new 412 planer and matcher; Magnificent full-page ad for Disston precision ground cross-cut saws includes photos of fallers at work with this two-man saw; Distinct saving shown to be possible with two-man bucking crews - article; Plywood's outdoor uses are increasing - photo-illustrated article; Meeting of the Wooden Box Association at San Francisco; Mark Markkula and his logging Bunks and Chunks - article with photos of products and Mr. Markkula; Nicely illustrated one-page ad for Hercules Engines of Canton, Ohio; Logging in Tillamook - article with photos; Super one-page photo ad for Feenaughty Machinery Co.'s FWD trucks - with photo showing a massive load being hauled; Nice truck-logging themed photo ad for Waukesha engines; Awesome photos of Allis-Chalmers tractors at work for the Big Lakes Box Company in Klamath Basin; Fantastic full-page ad with photos of the Washington Diesel Yarder made by Washington Iron Works; Crazy photo of trucks driving 132' logs across the Bloedel Donovan Lumber Mills' narrow old logging bridge above Skykomish, WA; Photo of a Dow low stump power saw at work; Small illustrated ad for P. Sharkey & Son Horse Collars; Photo of an FWD truck at work for Mr. W.S. Jeans of Culp Creek, OR; Superheaters - their use on Donkeys and Locomotives - article; Oriental strife affects Pacific Lumber Trade - article; France decides between steel and wood rail cars; Foreign Lumber Fleet - list of lumber vessels visiting Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia - and their capacities; Three Bamfiled, B.C. photos accompany brief article about Pacific Cable and Wireless, Ltd. and their cable which extends from Bamfield to New Zealand; Photo of G.L. Graiff with redwood charcoal experimental wood gas-powered truck - Hammond Redwood Co. of Samoa, CA; Reunion of pioneer members of the Southwestern Washington Lumber Manufacturers Association - with photos of T.H. MacLafferty, C.A. Doty, Charles Gilchrist, W.C. Miles, Jerry Startup, S.S. Somerville; Obituary of August K. Berter; Nice illustrated ad for the Warren Axe and Tool Co. of Warren, PA.; and more. Unmarked. Above-average but not excessive wear. Chips missing from backstrip. Binding intact. A rare surviving issue of this highly informative vintage lumber periodical. Magazine
68 pages. A.J. Casson cover illustration of grass-cutting man mowing flowers while girl-watching. Contents: Great colour ad for Veedol motor oil inside front cover; Nice ad for International Trucks 2-ton trucks; Investors Syndicate ad features William H. Lotts, President of Overland Construction Company; Czar's Gold, by Robert Welles Ritchie; Roosevelt Acts - M. Grattan O'Leary reports on the "Prophet of Recovery" - including photo of President Roosevelt with Premier Bennett; A Sporting Gesture, by E. Phillips Oppenheim; Article on Sir Arthur Currie; Forgotten Money in Bank Accounts, by Grant Dexter; Ins and Outs of Sport - how different sports go in and out of favour; Arctic Air Trail - Flight Lieut. J.D.M. Gray and his plan to fly the "Sourdough", a Fairchild monoplane, across the Atlantic; False Colors, by Captain Dingle; Sleepy, by Beverley Owen; My Hat!, by Dora Sanders; The (Great) Depression, by Honorable E.C. Drury - Part 2 - Causes; Match Point, by John Holden; We Shouldn't Own Ships - O.F. MacKenzie argues that now that WWI is over the Canadian government need not own ships; A very lovely full-page colour ad for Campbell's Tomato Soup featuring a waving girl in a tomato-coloured dress and blue hat and jacket; Salesman of Music - Milton Blackstone and the Hart House Quartet which also includes Adaskin, de Kresz and Hambourg; Full-page Canada Dry ad shows boy and girl running; Europe Fears Treaty Revision; Nice Dominions Tire ad; New Guinea is Rich Gold Field; There are now 230 weekly comic strips; Great Wall is Useless Now; Modern Alarms Catch Burglars - electrical devices installed in banks make robbery practically impossible; Baseball has been changed by the Curve Ball and other Developments; Jerusalem now has Y.M.C.A.; Super-Markets Cause Concern - Large-scale grocery selling in cheap warehouses worries regular trade; Nice two-colour full-page ad for the new Chevrolet Standard Six and Master Six; The Future of Medicine; Vintage Dentyne chewing gum ad includes photo of Eskimo lady with healthy teeth; Lovely colour Shredded Wheat ad; Nice Champion Spark Plug ad features Eddie Miller in an Auburn 12 Speedster; Trans-Canada Long-Distance ad with contemporary prices per minute; Outdoor Weddings, by Helen G. Campbell; Lending Companies have Good Depression Record, by W.A. Higgins; Nice 2-colour ad for Northern Electric Electric range inside back cover; Nice ad for Kodak Verichrome Film on back cover. Address label upon front cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
92 pages. Features: Nice colour ad for the 1953 Ford Customline Fordor Sedan; Magnificent full-page photo ad for Allis-Chalmers Tractor Division features Montreal's Miron & Freres Ltd. using an HD-20G, the world's largest tractor shovel with a 4-yard bucket; Very colourful full-page ad for BA service stations; Great colour photo full-page ad for the General Electric Twin-System refrigerator; The fight over Vitamin E - a bonus length feature on how Dr. Evan Shute and Dr. Wilfred Shute claim to be using Vitamin E to improve major health problems of their patients - with photos; Response to the Vitamin E article by the Canadian Medical Association; The corpse that hoaxed the Axis - Part One of the amazing story of how "Major Bill Martin" was part of a British Secret Service plot to mislead the Nazis into thinking the Allies would invade Sardinia, not Sicily; Anna had to be a clown - Claudia Anna Russell-Brown is a funny lady! - with large photo; The Duke of Edinburgh - the man behind the Queen - part 7 and final instalment of series "The Family in the Palace"; Can the West Stand Peace? - will Malenkov's peace offensive increase the danger of a slump and turn it into a propaganda victory for the Communists?; Louis Hemon - Vagabond Genius - article with photos; The Strange Death of Daddy Daniels (fiction); Henry Morgan and Company Limited, of Montreal, are the holdest and most courtly department store keepersin Canada - article with great photos; Never tell a woman anything (humour); The fastest man on four legs - Horse Jockey Johnny Longden - article with photos; Colour ad for the Chevrolet Bel Air 4-Door Sedan; Nice vintage colur ad for Cycla-matic Frigidaire refrigerators; Nice full-page two-colour ad for 1953 GMC trucks; Electrohome television and radio ad; Excellent colour photo Caterpillar ad inside back cover shows 1953 scraper in action plus a rare 1923 photo of a tractor pulling a scraper which is loading a horse-drawn wagon with earth; Great Coke ad on back cover shows smiling woman at gas station; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
Half-leather binding. Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: "Our Ladies of Ladysmith" - 4 photos and text re: operators in this Vancouver Island town; Photos of equipment upgrade in Victoria; New Haney office; Emerald central office in Vancouver; W.S. Pipes Appointed General Manager; Company seeks permission to increase capital; R.S. Argue; Penny Wise; Statement of Development - # of phones operating per exchange; Company fails to earn full dividends; Two fires; Forty years in company trucks; Port Moody-Ioco cable photos; Victoria's largest phone cable; C.C.F. Hall fire; New Union Bay office; rate increase sought; new pole-setting technique with crane - photo; 4 pages of photos and captions from Courtenay; Exchange comes to Fruitvale; Post-war development program continues; Border line pole; H.W. Stevens; Kerrisdale reunion; Haney Conversion; Mission may join B.C. Tel.; Royal Visit; Prize-winning float; North, West and Richmond endorse extended service; G.L. Frost; Company seeks new rates at hearing; Earl Squire; Memoriam for E.P. LaBelle, "Recognized as one of the outstanding men in telephony". Mr. LaBelle retired in 1947 after spending 27 years as General Plant Manager of the company. An impressive concise bio is presented. (This book bears the ink-stamped name 'E.P. LaBelle' on the top edge of the text. Presumably, this book belonged to Eugene LaBelle Jr.); Vancouver City Hall joins Automatic Systems; Vancouver dial service completes move to new quarters; Haney cut to automatic; Automatic service for Yarrow; Charlie Davis (helped publish every issue of Telephone Talk from inception in 1911 to the end of 1951; George McCartney - memoriam with photo; Elgin installation; New Cable for West Van; J.D. Johnston ends long service; Mission's new building; North Central Office Expansion; Square Dancing; Surrey program pushes ahead - photos; Chilliwack equipment added; Elgin automatic unit now in service; Photo of men working above Rock Creek Canyon at Bridesville; Hastings Reunion; Vancouver Toll Expansion; Powell River Photos; New automatic system for Aldergrove; New outdoor pay stations (pay phones); photos of construction of B.C.'s portion of the trans-Canada telephone line; Hammond Photos; Victoria Expansion - photos and text; Abbottsford-Mission cutover; Chilliwack telephone personalities - photos; Nelson-Penticton Toll Line construction photos; our biggest cable goes underground in Vancouver - photos; J.E. Carlile retires; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight and square. Book
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
CCA2Album 3Ox19 cm, 43 photogravues(Agence Générale de photographies, 13 rue d'Odessa, Paris).
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
Contents: Seattle will build 15,000 fine new homes (ad); Schlitz beer ad - in color with lovely model; New York Central Railroad ad - "Black Magic" - 95,000,000 tons of coal per year; Block votes tipped teh balance in closest election since 1916 - photo of FDR with Harry Truman; Photos of voting shenanigans in Chicago; V-2 weapons may win next war but come too late for this one - detailed article with air photo; Ignorant men and modern weapons - the inside story of the Chinese Army - with photos of refugees fleeing the Japanese; White trucks - color ad; France given more say in Europe in prelude to Big Three Meeting; Reprieve for the Canadian Zombies; Doukhobor mass disrobing; Cuban housecleaning - Grau purges Batista henchmen; Long-suffering victims of sinus problems can be cured; Nikola Tesla - prophet of tomorrow; Very military ad by Bankers Trust Company shows a soldier pulling the pin from a grenade with his teeth; Color Sheaffer's pen ad inside back cover. Average wear. Address label atop front cover. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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
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 books
