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Early Oldsmobile and Ford Model T Guides
Early Oldsmobile and Ford Model T Guides
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Lot of 2. The Oldsmobile: Manufactured by the Olds Motor Works. Detroit: Olds Motor Works, 1904. Oblong 12mo, paper wrappers, 32pp with illustrations and photographic reproductions. The booklet provides a brief overview, specifications, and pricing of the Oldsmobile models available in 1904, which were marketed as being high in quality but affordable in price. The Oldsmobile vehicles described include the Light Tonneau, Touring Runabout, Regular Runabout, Light Delivery Car, and Inspection Car. Illustrations and information relative to Oldsmobiling in Australia, the Bombay Market, and Russia as well as tours in Honolulu and Mexico, and the Detroit and Lansing Oldsmobile Factories are also included.


Price List of Parts: Ford Model T 1909-1917. Effective May 15, 1917. New York: Ford Motor Company, 1917. Oblong folio, paper wrappers, 64pp with detailed listings and illustrations of parts and accessories.


A fine pair of guides representing two of the earliest affordable automobiles that opened travel to middle-class America.

Condition

Oldsmobile: Crease in top right corner of front cover. Crease near spine. Some light surface wear to covers. Huron Cycle & Elec. Co. Port Huron, Mich. handstamp on inside title page. Penciled note on inside title page. Interior pages clean.


Model T: Some soiling, wear to paper covers, incl. few creases. Interior, some water staining on first 6pp. Some short tears along top edge of last 14pp of guide.



Some wear to the gilding especially at the base and along the rim. 

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Early Oldsmobile and Ford Model T Guides

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