Cars and Trucks in Printed Ephemera

"New Chevrolet, sold by Cunningham-Joyce Motor Co., 706 Dewey Ave., St. Nicholas' Church Festival, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, June 19, 20, 21, 1930."

Cover of an advertising brochure extolling the virtues of the "Studebaker Automatic Drive"--"the newest and most advanced automatic transmission." This Studebaker has "No clutch pedal, of course! But there's nothing new to learn. You just drive in the usual way--without any clutching, declutching, or shifting gears. Marvelous for 'new' drivers." "Studebaker Automatic Drive. The newest and most advanced!" License plate on front of car: "1950." Stamped on cover: "Goodwin Park Garage, 908 Maple Ave., Hartford, Conn."

"301 Trailer Park and Grocery, U.S. 301, 5 miles north, Statesboro, Georgia." Handwritten on the back of this linen postcard: "We camped here twice in June 1966."

A postcard used to promote the Crosley automobile during the 1939 New York World's Fair . Also on display at the fair were various other products, including refrigerators, washing machines, stoves, and radios, that were designed and manufactured by Powel Crosley, Jr. , and the Crosley Corporation. -------- Front: The Car of Tomorrow at the World of Tomorrow. As shown at the Crosley Building at the N.Y. World's Fair. Also the amazing Freezorcold Shelvador Refrigerator, Feather Touch Electric Magnetune Radios. See the newest of the new in home appliances at popular prices. Crosley Reado, facsimile radio printing. Crosley Camera, Press Jr. model, Gas and electric ranges. Electric and gas engine washers. Electric ironers. At Crosley Dealers everywhere. Back (printed not handwritten): My feet are no longer tired after what I've seen at the Crosley Building.

An advertising ink blotter for Lee Tires. A manufacturer of automobile tires, the Lee Tire and Rubber Company factory opened near Philadelphia, Pa., in 1912. See Burn Rubber to the Conshohocken Historical Society for a brief history of the company. For another Lee blotter, see Better Quality Lee Tires .

"Quality Courts United, Inc. Free guide, 1950. Travel first class." Cover illustration from a small booklet listing the motels affliiated with Quality Courts United.

"We can't make a skyrocket out of your car, but we can make it serve you better. 1. Spray springs. 2. Lubricate chassis. 3. Test battery and add distilled water. 4. Check transmission and differential. Special $1.00. This offer good until July 10th. Wenner Garage, Main Street, Conyngham, Pa."

"P[olice] D[epartment]. Calling you my valentine." For another valentine from the same series, see Valentine Express :

"You auto have a happy Halloween. Oct. 31. Painting only copyrighted by International Art Pub. Co. 1908."

"A back seat driver ain't no fun / But despite her scowls / you're the only one / Be my valentine." A mechanical valentine. The little lever at the back of the car moves mother's head up and down as she scowls away in the back seat.

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Cupid's driving a flowery automobile to deliver "A Message of True Love" on this valentine postcard from the early twentieth century.

Parked over at the Incredibly Boring Postcards group. Printed on the back of this postcard: "The beautiful Monroeville Shopping Center, Monroeville, Penna." The Monroeville Shopping Center, known today as the Miracle Mile Shopping Center, was situated just a couple of miles away from the location of the later Monroeville Mall , where George Romero filmed his cult horror film Dawn of the Dead .

"Landisville Coach Works, C. H. Koser, Prop. Horseshoeing. All Kinds of Buggies and Carriages Built to Order. Automobile work a specialty." An advertising postcard that illustrates how one business in Landisville, Pennsylvania, adapted to the transition from buggies and carriages to automobiles as forms of transportation in the early part of the nineteenth century.