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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