I'm looking through stacks of old TW and Antique Reviews trying to find info about old books/Catalogs.
Does anyone know if there is a list of the early books describing the various models?
In the early years, they called them catalogs, or trade books. One would contact the factory, and they would send out a book, like a sales book. The ones I have seen are titled Studebaker wagons and buggies, Studebaker carriages and passenger wagons, etc written by Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing
Somewhere around 1900, the books were numbered and by about 1904 or so, the book for that year was number 223? (and some years had 2 books at this time when wagons and cars were available at the same time)
I'm still looking for book 223 or 224 (I think) I am hoping it will help document what a model 25 Electric wagon looked like, options, how many years it was produced, etc. In the searching, I am recording what books I have located , what number they are, and what year it covers. Might make a good article........
Does anyone know if there is a list of the early books describing the various models?
In the early years, they called them catalogs, or trade books. One would contact the factory, and they would send out a book, like a sales book. The ones I have seen are titled Studebaker wagons and buggies, Studebaker carriages and passenger wagons, etc written by Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing
Somewhere around 1900, the books were numbered and by about 1904 or so, the book for that year was number 223? (and some years had 2 books at this time when wagons and cars were available at the same time)
I'm still looking for book 223 or 224 (I think) I am hoping it will help document what a model 25 Electric wagon looked like, options, how many years it was produced, etc. In the searching, I am recording what books I have located , what number they are, and what year it covers. Might make a good article........
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