Early Automobiles : a History in Advertising Line Art, 1890-1930.
Image archivist and transportation historian Jim Harter follows his work, Early Farm Tractors, with an even larger collection of images from advertising line art from 1880 to 1930, this time focused on Early Automobiles. Nearly 250 entrancing illustrations -- many suitable for framing -- are gems of...
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2015.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Dedication; A Short History of the Methods of Printed Illustration, by Eric Edelman; Introduction, by Jim Harter; Early Automobiles: A History in Advertising Line Art, 1890-1930; Steam Carriage Ancestors; Early Developments in Gas Propulsion and Motor Carriages; Early Development of Electric Vehicles; America's First Successful Motor Carriage; Steam Revisited; Fin De Siecle; Viva Le France; The New Century and General Developments; Improvements in Tires and Roads; The Era of the Electric Car; The Electric Cab Venture and the Seldon Patent.
- Col. Pope's Automobile EmpireHenry Ford, the Model T, Lincoln, and the Model a; Ransom E. Olds, Oldsmobile and Reo; Buick, William C. Durant, and General Motors; Cadillac and Lasalle; The Three P's; Maxwell, Chrysler, and Dodge Brothers; Mercer and Stutz; Auburn, Duesenberg and Cord; Honorable Mention; Plates; Automobile Image Sources; Bibliography; Index.
