Early automobiles : a history in advertising line art, 1890-1930 / Jim Harter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harter, Jim, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Automobiles in art.

Commercial art--United States--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (331 p.)

Place of Publication:

San Antonio, Texas : Wings Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Image archivist and transportation historian Jim Harter follows his work, Early Farm Tractors, with an even larger collection of images from advertising line art from 1880 to 1930, this time focused on Early Automobiles. Nearly 250 entrancing illustrations -- many suitable for framing -- are gems of the art of commercial engraving. Harter provides a very substantial, detailed history of the development of the ""horseless carriage"" into the brands famous from the early 20th century -- racers like Stutz, Dusenberg, Stanley, as well as those that became household names like Oldsmobile, Ford, Chr

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Dedication""; ""A Short History of the Methods of Printed Illustration, by Eric Edelman""; ""Introduction, by Jim Harter""; ""Early Automobiles: A History in Advertising Line Art, 1890-1930""; ""Steam Carriage Ancestors""; ""Early Developments in Gas Propulsion and Motor Carriages""; ""Early Development of Electric Vehicles""; ""America�s First Successful Motor Carriage""; ""Steam Revisited""; ""Fin De Siecle""; ""Viva Le France""; ""The New Century and General Developments""; ""Improvements in Tires and Roads""

""The Era of the Electric Car""""The Electric Cab Venture and the Seldon Patent""; ""Col. Pope�s Automobile Empire""; ""Henry Ford, the Model T, Lincoln, and the Model a""; ""Ransom E. Olds, Oldsmobile and Reo""; ""Buick, William C. Durant, and General Motors""; ""Cadillac and Lasalle""; ""The Three P�s""; ""Maxwell, Chrysler, and Dodge Brothers""; ""Mercer and Stutz""; ""Auburn, Duesenberg and Cord""; ""Honorable Mention""; ""Plates""; ""Automobile Image Sources""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-60940-490-4

1-60940-492-0

OCLC:

916950666