Life Lines of the Motor Car
$550.00
A visual history of the automobile (until the late 1950s).
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Description
This tremendous flowchart diagrams the operational life of many of the earliest automobile manufacturers from around the globe. As time proceeds from left to right, the early industry pioneers branch into a complex web of commercial enterprises. Major improvements, model releases, and company re-organizations are detailed in decade-long blocks with generalized titles indicating chronological trends (e.g. Period of Refinement, War Production, etc.).
The bottom of the sheet provides a visual history of the automobile’s development, with illustrations of major milestones from the earliest 19th-century iterations to the late 1950’s. Designed and published by W.O. MacIlvain in 1959.
Map Details
Publication Date: 1959
Author: W.O. McIlvain
Sheet Width (in): 48.75
Sheet Height (in): 39
Condition: B
Condition Description: Large lithographed flowchart mounted on a single piece of old linen with hanging grommets along the double-looped upper edge (probably as issued). Moderate to heavy damp staining visible in several areas along the lower edge, though the image remains legible. Wear along the outer edges of the sheet and scattered creasing and soiling, consistent with age. About good condition overall.
$550.00
1 in stock