Bookmark this page or copy and paste URL to Email message The Horseless Carriage, a collection of automobile history, 1893-1965 bulk 1938-1955MS 035
Biographical NoteAn attorney and a car enthusiast from Southern California; Steadman Smith was active in antique automobile clubs and gathered these materials related to his interests. Scope and Content NoteCollection of printed materials and photographs relating to cars, from their early development in the 1890s through the contemporary trends of the 1960s including pamphlets, magazines, promotional reports, newspaper articles, advertisements, calendars, newsletters, pictorial items and photographs. The turn-of-the-century items are nostalgic reprints; the earliest original item is a 1924 Automobile Trade Journal. Most of the items date from the 1940s and 1950s, and were distributed by car and tire dealerships, auto manufacturers, petroleum and motor oil corporations, automobile clubs, and the specialty publisher Floyd Clymer. There are newsletters, clippings and notices of activities, mostly from 1938 to 1949, for the Horseless Carriage Club. Some publicity brochures describe particular makes of cars. Most of the material relates to the United States but a small amount is about the British and German automobile industries. Brochures and clippings commemorate special events such as the 1908 New York to Paris race, J. Frank Duryea’s winning of America’s first automobile race in 1895 and its fiftieth anniversary in 1945, and the automobile industry’s celebration of its Golden Jubilee in 1946. Black-and-white photographs are present, 1938 to 1940, of collectors with their antique cars, and there are several original drawings by Alexander G. Telatco. Calendars from 1946 and 1953 have color reprints of early cars in Americana settings by artists such as Norman Rockwell. ArrangementThis collection is organized into one series.RestrictionsRestrictionsNone CopyrightIt is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright. Related MaterialA longer and more complete run of Horseless Carriage Club Gazette is cataloged in the Library’s main collection Access TermsPersonal Name(s) Duryea, J. Frank (James Frank), 1869-1967 Smith, Steadman, collector Subject(s) Antique and classic cars Automobile industry and trade—History Automobile rallies—History Automobiles—Collectors and collecting—United States Automobiles—Design and construction—History Automobiles—Pictorial works Automobiles—Social aspects—History Automobiles—Societies, etc. Horseless Carriage Club Administrative InformationCredit LineHorseless Carriage Collection of Automobile History (MS 035). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries. Container List
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