Anonymous

Not This, Please! Stop! Warning to Drivers of School Vans

S. l. (Washington, DC [?]), s. n. 1924. Small broadside; 8 x 5 3/4; off-white card stock, printed and ruled in black; illustrated with a drawing; small chip to upper left corner and two small rubbed spots to lower margin; in about very good condition. An unrecorded piece of transportation history, it cited Senate Bill 182 of the 1924 Session and outlined the laws for drivers of "school vans, motor trucks, and motor driven vehicles conveying pupils to or from any school.." and the penalties for breaking those laws. Interestingly enough, the driver was required to stop between 10 and 50 feet from the railway track, walk out of the parked vehicle to the center of the track and visually ascertain that no train was approaching and that it was safe to proceed. Alternately, "some competent person may be delegated by him (ie the driver) to go onto such track and indicate to him by proper signal whether or not it is safe to cross." The driver's penalty for violating the Act was a fine netween $5 and $100, a declaration of incompetence, and a dismissal from his duties. The illustration of the broadside depicted the massive front end of a locomotive, on top of a mangled vehicle, with a bull to the side, observing the scene and saying: "And they still call it a 'cow catcher,' humph!" . Very good .

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Book number: 003680

Catalogue: Transportation

Keywords: Transportation

Anthony, Earle C.

A Saga of Transportation. Packarg Building

San Francisco, By the author, 1927. First Edition. First edition; 9 3/4 x 6; pp. [20]; orange pictorial wraps; illustrated with black-and-white drawings; mild vertical crease and a bit of wear to tips of spine and corners; light age-toning and spotting to margins of wraps; in very good condition. An interesting piece of transportation history, the booklet was published by Earle C. Anthony (1880 - 1961), a California businessman, mainly working with automobiles, philanthropist, and inventor. He was also a songwriter, journalist, radio broadcaster, and playwright. He would be the Packard distributor for the entire State of California from 1915 to 1957 and in 1927 - he would hire renowned architect Bernard Maybeck (1862 - 1957) to design his new Packard showroom on Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco. Opening night would be one of the most coveted social events of the year and Anthony would distribute a commemorative booklet, the current one, in which he would also praise Maybeck's achievement. In turn, Maybeck's instructions to his construction workers and artisans would be quoted: "Imagine that no cars roar by on Van Ness Avenue and that no telephone will call you from your work. Believe yourselves, instead, working in the gloom of a cathedral of the Middle Ages, your overseer a monk or an artisan who loves, as you do, the work in hand." . Very good .

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Book number: 004063

Catalogue: Transportation

Keywords: Transportation, California

Dunn, Samuel O.

Current Railway Problems

S. l. (New York [?]), Railway Age Gazette, 1911. First Edition. First edition; 6 1/2 x 5; pp. [7], 6-85; beige wraps, printed and ruled in black; minor creasing to corners and tips of spine; very light age-toning to margins of wraps; text block starting to separate, else bright and clean; overall in very good condition. Samuel Orace Dunn (1877 - 1958) was a journalist, editor, transportation specialist, and a great supporter of the railroad industry. His current book contained chapters on valuation of railways, profits, rates and efficiency, and the New Long and Short Haul Law. Very good .

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Book number: 002462

Catalogue: Transportation

Keywords: Railroad, Transportation

G. P. Kimball & Co.

Two Early Billheads, Related to Coach Manufacturer Kimball & Co. And the Omnibus Railroad and Company of San Francisco

San Francisco, By the authors, 1867. Two billheads, affixed to each other with two rivets; printed and partially filled in manuscript; illustrated with an advertising blurb in an elaborate border to upper left margin; a bit of age-toning and wear to corners; in good to very good condition. While Brewster and Company is often credited by some historians and researchers as the first coach-building family in the United States, others believe the honors belong to the Kimball family of Boston, where nine generations were involved in some way in the trade, starting with British-American wheelwright Richard Kimball in 1634, going through 1910-1912, when the company manufactured an electric car, to 1929, when the business closed its doors. The Omnibus Railroad and Cable Company was one of the earliest transportation systems in San Francisco, dating to 1861 and in operation until 1899. They will be involved in one of the very first legal cases, which challenged racial segregation, against African-American educator and Civil Rights activist Charlotte L. Brown. In 1863, after refusing to leave one of their streetcars on Filbert Street and being forcibly removed by the conductor, Charlotte, with the help of her father, brought a lawsuit against the Omnibus Company. Despite the company arguing that the conductor's actions were justified, as white women and children might have been repulsed by riding in the same vehicle with an African-American, Brown won her case and was awarded $25 by the jury. The conductor was convicted in a criminal court of assault and battery. Though the civil case would be tied in several appeals in the following years, the verdict would stay and in 1865 - another jury would award Brown $500. The billheads listed various parts and equipment purchased by the Omnibus Company for their cars from the San Francisco branch of the Kimball Company. Good .

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Book number: 003904

Catalogue: Transportation

Keywords: San Francisco, Transportation