Standard Barrel Truck. Patented August 28th, 1884. Manufactured by Geo. E. Weaver, Providence, R.I., U.S.A.
[Providence, R.I. the company; Geo. F. Chapman, Printers, 27 Pine Street, circa 1887].
Bi-fold handbill (21.5 x 15 cm.), [8] pages, plus folded broadside. Illustrated. A small trade catalogue, promoting barrel trucks, wheeled racks which hold barrels and allow them to be moved around a warehouse or shop. Illustrated with two full-page images, interior scenes of a “wholesale liquor store” and of a “retail grocery”, each showing the barrel trucks in use. The broadside, folded inside, is a list of first-year purchasers of the “1665 Barrel Truck”, and is torn at the edges. The handbill itself is fine, clean and bright. Unrecorded. [OCLC locates no copies].
Price: $150.00
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