2 FIRESTONE "Columbus Buggy Co." Color Ads to 1893 World's Columbian Exposition

Description

2 FIRESTONE,
"Columbus Buggy" Exhibit
Announcement Ads
to the 1893 Chicago World's Fair
- Folded:
6 x 3.5 inches when folded buff card with black print and color graphic of their plant in Columbus, OH (shown); back shows
sighting land
in color in the New World (shown). Columbus, OH:
Columbus Buggy
, 1892 or 93. Folded card making (4) pages. Inside pages with Columbus' 1492 ocean trip, and map of all modern U.S. ports leading to the
World's Fair
with caption (shown). Lists their 9 factories in 1893 (shown).
- Card:
3.5 x 6 inches stiff
cream coated card
with gray print and color graphic of the
Electrical Building
(front shown). Columbus, OH:
Columbus Buggy
, 1893. Single card printed both sides (back shows owner
C. D. Firestone
and graphic of their iconic
oval name plate
printed in bright red - shown). May be part of a series showing the WCE main buildings?
-
Supplemental Information:
Clinton Firestone
was the
President of Columbus Buggy
which formed in 1875. Their exhibit was located in the
Transportation Building
(Listing in "The Official Directory" of exhibitors shown and digitally highlighted). His nephew,
Harvey Firestone,
worked for him as well as noted early race car driver Eddie Rickenbacker.
Columbus, Ohio,
became THE popular seat of buggy production and innovation for decades. When the "automobile" became the talk, Buggy started making electric cars which crashed in 1915 because of
cheaper Ford gas engine cars. Henry Ford
asked Buggy to develop both car and racing tires and
Harvey Firestone
provided them, started his own company, and is still famous and in business today!
U.S. History.
- Condition:
Folded: Very Good.
Stored and shipped flat so hinge not separated (shown). Edge wear and 2 tears at bottom (shown). One small clear tape at inside top (shown).
** WCE card: Excellent.
Nice printing and bright colors (shown). No tears or stains (shown). Corners sharp (shown). One small wrinkle top right corner (shown).
**Buyer
pays
.95 First Class Package shipping in a stiff package with tracking.