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c. 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…
Read More Backed by a proved record of dependability: Ford trucks and commercial cars. They will do as much for you. . . . by [AUTOMOBILES -- FORD] - [1933].
by [AUTOMOBILES -- FORD]
Backed by a proved record of dependability: Ford trucks and commercial cars. They will do as much for you. . . .
by [AUTOMOBILES -- FORD]
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[Detroit, MI]: Ford Motor Company, [1933]. 4to. [20 pp (unpaginated).]. Printed in orange & black throughout, numerous black & white photo illustrations, self-printed colour softcovers in black, orange & white (slight shelfwear, rubbing, minor dustsoiling), still VG- copy, w/ former dealer’s stamp on lower fore-edge front cover. First edition of this scarce dealer’s promotional brochure for Ford BB Trucks and Commercial cars in 1933. Of particular interest are the excellent photo illustrations showing the Ford models being used by companies who had purchased the 1933 trucks, including haying flat-bed trucks for Fisher Brothers in Salinas, CA, the articulated passenger buses for Seattle Suburban Transportation System; the heavy Oil Truck and semi-trailer unit for the Car-Tyr Petroleum Co. in Bemidji, MN; and many others.
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- Publisher Ford Motor Company,
- Place of Publication [Detroit, MI]:
- Date Published [1933].
- Keywords Ford, Motor Company, Detroit, Michigan, Commercial Trucks, Flatbeds, Woody Station Wagons, Panel Vans, Heavy Trucks, V-8, V8, Catalogues, cAtalogue, Catalogs, Catalog, Dealer Showroom Catalogue, Buses, Bus, Fire Engines, fire Trucks, Panel Wagons
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Group of photographs and ephemera relating to automotive pioneer George Baldwin Selden
by [automobiles; cars and trucks; combustion engine; Seldon, George Baldwin; Ford, Henry]
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