1920's New England Manuscript Automobile Record of Travel
[Maine?]: n.p., 1920-27.
Leather bound. Oblong soft red leather ledger. Approximately 6.5" x 4.5." [64] leaves. Printed title page and explanation page. [60] pages used for writing down records. Several blank pages. Front cover shows light scratches, a small stain, and light creases. Small ink stain on a couple of blank pages towards the back else contents are clean.
Records are written in columns for the first 56 pages. Column heading include date, start, time, cyclo, arrival, time, cyclo, distance, delays, net running time, average miles per hour, roads, party, and remarks. Several empty pages until 4 pages of manuscript written in the memoranda section. The last note in this section is dated 1927. Alphabetical thumb index for expense records towards the back was not used. Title page does not have the name of the driver. However written at the bottom of the page is "1917 Ford #1750755 1921 Reg # 49290 Maine."Early trips recorded to Plymouth, New Bedford, Concord, Boston, Harvard, Boothbay Harbor, etc. Last driving record recorded August 1926. Although a date of 1927 recorded in the Memoranda section. A presentation card to "Uncle Charlie" enclosed with the inscription "may the roads be good, the pleasure great, and the blowouts few." Good. Item #36670
Price: $150.00