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Yesterday today tomorrow, Selden Truck Corporation, Rochester, New York

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1919

Location Note

Product catalogues: Automotive supplies and vehicles: Automotive

GUSN

GUSN-267165

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Description

The history of the Selden Truck Corporation is told with images of current models and the company's plans for the future. The invention of the first gas propelled road wagon in 1877 by George B. Selden is described in the item. "Baker Motor Sales Co., Inc., distributors Selden Trucks, 400 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, Mass." is stamped on the item.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
transportation
trucks
pamphlets
brochures

Physical Description

1 pamphlet, 19 pages : illustrations ; 6 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Date of Acquisition

1988

Reference Code

EP001.12.004.001.023

Image Dimensions

6 1/4 x 4 1/4 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Sears House, 1988

Places

Rochester (Monroe county, New York state)
Cambridge (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Selden Truck Corporation (Publisher)

Material Type

pamphlets
brochures

Other People

Selden, George Baldwin, 1846-1922

Subjects

Massachusetts Avenue (Cambridge, Mass.)

Descriptive Terms

Selden Truck Corporation

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Product catalogues: Automotive supplies and vehicles: Automotive

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