by AUTOMOBILE RECORD, 1920-1926
(AUTOMOBILE MANUSCRIPT RECORD) AUTOMOBILE RECORD, 1920-1926. (Maine?):1920-1926. Oblong red leather with gilt lettering, all edges gilt. Unpaginated manuscript notations throughout. Though the owner is not named, we know he had a 1917 Ford and in 1921 it was registered in Maine, #49290. Starting on April 11, 1920, he kept this log of travel on 28 double pages, noting the date, where he started, his speedometer mileage, delays (if any) the number in the party and other remarks (gas was 3 cents). Early trips recorded to Plymouth, New Bedford, Concord, Boston, Harv and later to Boothbay Harbor, etc. The last entry is for August 8th, 1926 an noting his speedometer mileage, he covered 13,988 miles in these six years. 1920 gas was 24 cents a gallon). A presentation card to "Uncle Charlie" is enclosed with the wish "may the roads be good, the pleasure great, and the "blow-outs" few..." (Inventory #: 40032)