Motor Times, No. 5, First Year, Detroit
Detroit: Motor Times, 1911. quarto. Item #016623
34p. No copies recorded in OCLC. The publisher, in 1911 advertised he was desperate for subscription salesmen. Articles on Road, Track, Hill with pictures of Ray Harroun, Winner of the Indianapolis 500, also his race at Indianapolis Fair where he finished one minute behind after taking only 47 seconds to change his tire after the third mile. Articles on self-starters in 1912 cars; how owning a car saved people went there was a streetcar strike, "Milady at the wheel" (showing stylish women attired for riding in cars), Harvey Johnson employee of the E-R-I-T Company demonstrated how he could hurdle his car at high speed over railroad tracks, many photographs, ads. Very scarce in very good condition bound in original wraps.
Price: $125.00