Sale 2520 | Lot 372 

(TRUCKING & TRANSPORTORTATION) Album with 55 photographs associated with the C&P Telephone Company in Washington, D.C., showing a diverse assortment of commercial vehicles and a fancy motor car.
Includes professional shots of a variety of trucks (most manufactured by Ford), sporting custom equipment--mixers, tool boxes, long running boards, dual wheels and rear fenders--and hand-painted lettering along the side, as well as close-up side and rear views of built-in compartments and trunk interiors lined with special wiring for early mobile phones. Silver prints, the images measuring 8x9¾ inches (20.3x24.8 cm.), mounted to linen, with the Leet Brothers, Washington hand stamp on print verso. Oblong 4o, black leatherette, rippled and lightly soiled; 3-ring binding. Circa 1932

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