Brochures & Literature: Ford Model T 1908-1927

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Brochures & Literature

• Antique Postcard Back: 'One of the First Cars in New Mexico' 1909 Ford Model T
  This document is the reverse (address/message) side of a vintage postcard printed by the Auburn Post Card Mfg. Co. of Auburn, Indiana, and marked "Made in U.S.A." The card has the standard divided-back layout with…
• 1909 Ford Model T Touring Car Postcard - Motor No. 904, H. G. Switzer, Coleman TX
  This document is a scanned vintage postcard showing a black-and-white photograph of an early Ford Touring Car parked in a grassy field with brush and trees in the background. The car is shown in right-side profile with…
• 1909 Ford Model T LIFE Magazine Ad - 'High Priced Quality in a Low Priced Car'
  This is a cropped scan of a vintage Ford advertisement that appeared in LIFE magazine, as indicated by the '· LIFE ·' masthead across the top of the page. The image shows a side-profile photograph or illustration of an…
• 1909 Ford Model T Postcard - Leona Teichgraeber, Youngest Kansas Chauffeur
  This document is a vintage black-and-white photographic postcard, not a technical reference. It shows a young girl, identified in the caption as Leona Teichgraeber, described as 'the youngest chauffeur in the state of…
• Violet Ray Headlight Lens Ad - Vintage Ford Model T Era Accessory Brochure
  This document is a scanned page from a vintage automotive accessory catalog or brochure advertising the "Violet Ray Lens," a headlamp lens accessory. The page includes an illustration of the round lens, showing its…
• Cover of Model T Times, Volume 56, May-June 1958, a publication of the Model T Ford Club, featuring a Ford touring car with two occupants.
• Winfield Carburetors ad touting a Ford's one and ten mile banked dirt track record, with prices for Ford, Chevrolet and Dodge fitments.
• November 1915 Fordowner ad from The Ospeco Mfg. Co., Detroit, for a $17.50 streamline hood and radiator shell for 1915-16 Ford cowl dash cars.
• Abilene Reporter-News ad for the Seventh Annual Automobile Races at West Texas Fair Speedway on July Fourth, with $5,000 in purses, program and entry list.
• Newspaper report of Harry Milburn's car going through the fence at the Fair Park track during American Legion races, with race results and an air exhibition.
• Catalog entry for the Violet-Ray Lens, meeting legal requirements of many states, listing No. CLC300 8 in. and CLD300 8 1/8 in. at $3.00 per pair.
• L. E. Smith Glass Co. ad for Violet Ray glareless headlight lenses, $3.00 per pair, $3.50 west of the Rockies, $4 in Canada.
• L. E. Smith Glass Co. ad for the Violet Ray Auto Lens, a legal glareless blue lens with black visor, $3.00 per pair any size.
• Craig-Hunt Inc. ad for a Ford racer using the Craig-Hunt Peugeot-type valve racing head, claimed fastest Ford in the world, driven by Wilbert L. Hunt.
• A. R. Mosler & Co., New York ad for the Mosler Superior Plug, citing ownership of the Canfield patent under which Ford plugs are made.
• A. R. Mosler & Co. ad for the Mosler Superior plug, made to Ford Motor Company orders and Blue Print T 1386, with a coupon corner.
• Champion Spark Plug Company ad from The Fordowner showing the Champion X for Ford cars under the line "Champion Dependability Has No Substitute."
• Saturday Evening Post ad for the Champion X, "The World's Best Spark Plug for Fords" at 60¢, from Champion Spark Plug Company, Toledo, Ohio.
• Champion Spark Plug Company ad claiming adoption by three-fourths of American cars, naming Ford, Overland, Studebaker, Maxwell and Metz. Toledo, Ohio.
• French-language Champion Spark Plug Co. ad urging plugs be bought in sets, featuring the A 64 and the Champion X, standard on Ford automobiles.
• Sears-Cross Company ad for the Spedindicator speed meter, no cams and non-magnetic, from the factory at 685-687-689 11th Ave., New York City.
• Period Firestone Non-Skid Tires advertisement, Word of Honor, citing H.S. Firestone and the red side wall, black tread trade-mark.
• Period Firestone advertisement claiming its Non-Skids were the first all-rubber, heavy tread, non-skid tires made, with a tread illustration.
• Sunderman Corporation, Newburgh, N.Y. ad for the Model F vacuum carburetor for Ford, Metz and Saxon Four, $6 F.O.B., claiming more power and speed.
• Magazine ad for Champion spark plugs listing major races won by Champion-equipped cars, with a sectioned plug illustration and boxed plug.
• Champion Toledo ad from the March 31, 1917 Saturday Evening Post: Champion X plugs as factory equipment on Ford cars since 1911.