Bankruptcy and corporate restructuring in 1921 forced the publishers to condense the guide into a four volume set in 1922. Automobile quarterlys tag line is the connoisseurs magazine of motoring. Old jefferson highway frank hall drive and 4th street in. Full text of official automobile blue book, 1921 volume 1. Beginning in 1962, this collection features publications bound in a quarterly hardcover edition, by a subsidiary of kutztown publishing company. Map of new england states and long island showing locations of limekilns and quarries of limestone, sandstone, marble, slate, granite, and trap rocks. History of americas map can be discovered here at 1uptravel map zone. From report of the industrial commission on the distribution of farm products. Bakersfield, california 1917 automobile blue book, 1917, vol.
On the hard cover that is dark blue,printed is arlington edition. Competition from emerging sheet maps, along with the nationwide standardization of highway numbers, pushed a switch to an atlas format in 1926. Photos of pittsfield high school on second street 18981931 taken in 2011 and more recently. Publication date 1921 topics automobile travel, roads publisher new york. They tell you where to go and how to get there, giving complete maps of every motor road, running directions at every fork and turn, with mileages, all points of local or historical interest, state motor laws, hotel and garage accomodations, ferry and steamship schedules and rates. Official automobile blue book, 1925, volume one on. Whether you want the cheapest reading copy or a specific collectible edition, with bookfinder, youll find just the right book. Publication date 1921 topics automobile travel, roads. This set features textured brown clothbound covers, stamped decorative detail to the cover and spine, a colored torch beacon on the cover, and gilt lettering to the spine. Here are wonderful and descriptive historical maps of americas. Old phillex tin tube fire extinguisher equipment truck. Blue book were issued annually after 1901, but the series consisted of only one volume until 1907, when coverage expanded enough to require three class journal co. The official aaa automobile blue book, 1915 volume 1. We have in 1921 about nine million motor cars in the united states, hardly a third as many as our horses.
Volume 3 book includes 830 pages cover is worn and slightly wrinkled. New england, eastern canada and maritime provinces on. Americas historical maps perrycastaneda map collection. New england, eastern canada and maritime provinces. Some supporting photos added herepittsfield directory 1908 advertisements here added january 5, 2014official automobile blue book 1917 has some references to pittsfield and environs, 142mb here added february 1, 2018. Collection newberry contributor the newberry library language english. Page 21 such a meeting was one of the coincidents of our national history and it marks this spot as historic. The automobile blue book was an american series of road guides for motoring travelers in the united states and canada published between 1901 and 1929. As with all the intl textbook technical series for tradesmen, solid, trustworthy and more. Very good condition with some wear to covers, spine. It set up a seesaw battle for volume between ford and. The ones up to 1921 carry the automobile blue book designation or.
Once a frontier ferry, dixon has grown to be a city of beauty, progress and enterprise, and it is probable that no city of its size outranks it in the number of large manufacturing concerns, among these being numbered the plant of the borden condensed milk co. Since 1997, bookfinder has made it easy to find any book at the best price. Old jefferson highway frank hall drive and 4th street in albert lea. Album made with easy imager and zoomify technologyeasy imager and zoomify technology. Automobile quarterly hardcover collection, volumes 151 ebth. The automobile blue book by uncredited author dated 1910 by the automobile blue book publishing company volume 1, stiff wrappers with gilt embossing. Virgin islands of the united states from putnams handy volume atlas of the world, 1921. This book of 724 pages is very similar to the 1920 edition shown elsewhere here.
Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Fair condition with wear and tear, creases, a few loose pages and folded map not present. This past sunday morning, while waiting for our churchs nowonline worship service to begin, i pulled out volume 1 of the beaulieu encyclopedia of the automobile because i wanted to look up the history of baker, the electric car manufacturer, for a story i hope to write. This edition has over pages with more routes especially in the south. Pages 399, 400401, 402403 describe a route from bradford through ridgway, dubois. The automobile blue book was published annually as a single volume through 1906, expanding to 3 volumes in 1907, but would not cover the full united states until 1915,16 in 1906 the american automobile association aaa, of which gillette was secretary, officially sponsored the book, dramatically increasing its circulation as the book was sold to association members at a discount. Yet i think there can be no serious question that the motor car has come to be more important to. His principal claim to fame rests on the motor wagon that he built there in 1889, which some have hailed as the first workable gasolineengine automobile ever built in the united states, four years ahead of charles and frank duryea, who.
America from americanized encyclopaedia britannica, vol. Official automobile blue book 1922, volume 1 and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Published with the exclusive official endorsement of the american automobile association by the automobile blue book publishing company. Blue book 1922, entire country in four volumes volume 2. The official automobile blue book 1915, 15th year, by the american automobile association, volume 1. Route directions through new york comprise most of the book with few maps. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Americas historical maps perrycastaneda map collection ut. Blue book users will find an improved arrangement of indexes in this volume. Please see photos and condition description for details. Unless otherwise noted, the books in this lot are in good, intact condition with some agewear indications. Gottfried schloemer or godfrey schloemer 18421921 was a coopersmith, mechanic and inventor who lived on the south side of milwaukee, wisconsin, us.
For the modern book of car values, see kelley blue book. The list of cities and towns, hotels and garages and all routes, under terminals, are combined on the pages following the folded general index map, in the index section front of book. Full text of official automobile blue book, 1921 volume 1 see other formats. A book is more likely to appeal to collectors, and therefore be worth more, if you. The extinguisher measures 10 inches tall by 2 1 2 inches across. Location of blue book hotels in new york city publication info. It was best known for its pointtopoint road directions at a time when numbered routes generally did not exist.
A 1921 edition of john lords beacon lights of history volumes 1 8, published by wm. Articles on general pershings 1916 dodge brothers military vehicle, the life and cars of tommy lee, the ferris automobile, max balchowsky, motorcar purveyor eugene strallon, hudson terraplane, goodwood motor racing circuit and trident. San bernadino, california 1917 automobile blue book, 1917, vol. Blue books, however, could not remain competitive and disappeared after 1937. National book auctions your national source for everything.
Page 726 its little ones are born in caves where bears hibernate through the winters and are little larger than squirrels when they first come into the world. Blue book for every section of the country, 1920 a map of the united states identifying the regions covered by each volume of the 1920 blue book, available from the automobile blue book publishing company. The blue books cover the entire united states in eleven volumes. United states historical city maps perrycastaneda map.