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Brooklyn Life. The Garden Show. January 16, 1909. Vol. XXXVIII, No. 985. [Madison Square Gardens Automobile Show]
Brooklyn Life. The Garden Show. January 16, 1909. Vol. XXXVIII, No. 985. [Madison Square Gardens Automobile Show]
Brooklyn Life. The Garden Show. January 16, 1909. Vol. XXXVIII, No. 985. [Madison Square Gardens Automobile Show]
Brooklyn Life. The Garden Show. January 16, 1909. Vol. XXXVIII, No. 985. [Madison Square Gardens Automobile Show]

Brooklyn Life. The Garden Show. January 16, 1909. Vol. XXXVIII, No. 985. [Madison Square Gardens Automobile Show]

Rare Brooklyn Life issue featuring Madison Square Garden Automobile Show

Brooklyn Life “Garden Show” Issue with Automobile Show Cover and Feature

A richly illustrated number of Brooklyn Life, issued to coincide with the National Automobile Show at Madison Square Garden. The striking front cover depicts the P. & S. Simplex, the champion American stock car chassis, then holding the world’s 24-hour record. Within, a substantial feature article on the “National Automobile Shows” (pp. 9–13) surveys the latest developments in motoring culture. The issue is filled with automotive content: numerous illustrated advertisements for leading manufacturers, reports on new models, and notices of events.

Fashion news, social club notes, women’s clubs, theater coverage, and financial tidbits round out the issue. Includes numerous other Brooklyn-themed advertisements. A handsome copy.

Description: Brooklyn Life. The Garden Show. January 16, 1909. Vol. XXXVIII, No. 985. [Madison Square Gardens Automobile Show]

Brooklyn Life Publishing Company, 1904. Small folio (14 x 9½ inches). 43 pp. Illustrated wrappers. Profusely illustrated. Small corner loss and short closed tear to lower of front cover; a very good copy.

 [3735492]

Price: $85.00

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