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The Michigan State Auto School, Detroit, Mich. U. S. A., In The Heart Of The Auto Industry. (Cover Title) THE MICHIGAN STATE AUTO SCHOOL

The Michigan State Auto School, Detroit, Mich. U. S. A., In The Heart Of The Auto Industry. (Cover Title)

THE MICHIGAN STATE AUTO SCHOOL

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Publication: Privately printed, 1919, N P

Sixth edition. 6" x 9" oblong decorated wrappers in black and red on blue paper stock, 176 [3] pp., illustrated, portraits, double column, index to subjects. Full-page and smaller illustrations from photographs, throughout the text; double-plate of 13 factory views bound in at rear. Printed inside a heart on the title-page are the names of 44 car-makers and 140 auto accessory factories in the Detroit area in 1919: Reo, Dort, Overland, Universal, Oldsmobile, Hudson, Chevrolet, Lozier, General Motors, Liberty, Chalmers, Paige, Harroun, Regal, Princess, Ford, Anderson, Krit, Continental, Lincoln, Scripps-Booth, Doble, Buick, Signal, Briscoe-Jackson, Studebaker, Northway, Maxwell, etc., are the names of some of the automobile manufacturers. Pictured in the booklet are the officers of the school and the members of the faculty, as well as group photographs of various classes of the school. Also the booklet heavily promotes the automobile as being one of the best businesses to get into with opportunity for advancement. Classes are given in welding, axles and transmissions, tires and tire repair, electronics, battery and radiator repair, etc. A listing by state is provided of a few of the school's 8200 graduates. Some of the automobile accessory manufacturers are located near Detroit are suppliers of batteries, tires, axles, magnetos, carburetors, etc. Tiny nicks to top corners of first 6 pages, light wear to head of spine cover, a few old corner creases to the front cover, else a very good, sound copy.

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