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BRILL TROLLEYS!--J.G. BRILL CO.! BIG HISTORY/RARE PHOTOS! EXTRAORDINARY! OOP

$ 18.48

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Modified Item: No
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Condition: NEAR MINT
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Year: 2001

    Description

    'HISTORY OF THE J.G. BRILL COMPANY" is an extraordinary history of the company who made trolleys for many years in the age of the trolley in the United States. They were king of the trolleys from 1868 until 1944 when the company went out of business. It's successor took the name and it became the ACF-Brill Motors Company. Chapter titles are; 1. Horsecars & Steam Cars (1868-1880),  2. Cable Cars & Trolley Cars (1880-1890),  3. Brill Men & Brill Trucks (1890s), 4. Work Cars & Passenger Cars (1890s),  5. Expansion ((1900-1908),  6. Hard Times & Car Designs (1908-1914),  7. Samuel Curwen & WWI (1912-1920),  8. Motor Buses & Railcars (1920-1930),  9. Corporate Changes & Lightweight Cars (1920-1930),  10. Great Depression & the ERPCC (1930-1935),  11. Brill's Finances & the Brillliner (1935-1940),  12. Trolley Buses & the End of the Line (1940-1955).  There are two Appendices: 1. Brill cars & Where to Find Them,  2. Trucks & Specialties. This is an EXTRAORDINARY HISTORY!  SEE ATTACHED PHOTOGRAPHS FOR SAMPLE PAGES.
    Book is BIG HARDBACK with DUSTJACKET published in 2001. It is in NEAR MINT CONDITION, measures 8 1/2" x 11 1/4" and contains 246 pages JAM-PACKED with rare photographs.
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