Oldsmobile 8 Sets The Pace, 21st Year. Model Fortyfive-A Eight Cylinder Touring Car

Olds Motor Works, Lansing, Michigan

Publication: Robert Smith Company, 1919, Lansing

First edition. 18" x 16" sheet, printed both sides, folds to 9" x 4," duo-tone pictorial wrappers, 16 panels, illustrated. One side promotes the advantages of the Oldsmobile Model 45-A, eight cylinder touring car is a refinement of the Model 45 which has served thousands of satisfied customers. The car has "Beauty and power combined with comfort, performance, endurance and economy." The other side devotes four panels to showing the merits of the Oldsmobile Model 45-A eight cylinder touring car; two panels to picture and discuss the Oldsmobile Club Roadster and the Standard Roadster; one panel for specifications and the title page. Oldsmobile was a brand of American automobiles produced for most of its existence by General Motors. Olds Motor Vehicle Co. was founded by Ransom E. Olds in 1897. In its 107-year history, it produced 35.2 million cars, including at least 14 million built at its Lansing, Michigan factory. When it was phased out in 2004, Oldsmobile was the oldest surviving American automobile marque, and one of the oldest in the world, after Daimler, Peugeot and Tatra. Fine, bright copy.

Inventory Number: 42619