W. H. Wood, Franklin Automobile Sales and Service, West Chester, Pa., ca. 1925
Caption: "W. H. Wood, 129 E. Gay St., West Chester, Pa. The house that service built. Franklin Sales & Service. 104311."
Signs: "Franklin. The Franklin Car. W. H. Wood, Motor Cars. Service Dept. in the Rear."
William H. Wood (1885-1959) sold Franklin cars manufactured by the Franklin Automobile Company at his dealership in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Author George Miller included this postcard in his book, A Pennsylvania Album: Picture Postcards, 1900-1930 (Penn State Press, 1979), p. 28, and provided the following information about the cars on the postcard:
"The Franklin went on sale in June 1902. Its distinctive features included an air-cooled engine, a laminated ash frame, and full elliptical springs. The firm produced automobiles until it went bankrupt in 1934. The advertisement here features to the right a 1905 Gentleman's Roadster Type E with a four-cylinder, air-cooled, 14-horsepower engine. The car cost $1400. The car to the left dates from about 1925."
The card also appeared in Jay Ketelle's The American Automobile Dealership: A Picture Postcard History (Jay Ketelle Collectables, n.d.), "The Pre-1930 Era" section, no pagination.
W. H. Wood, Franklin Automobile Sales and Service, West Chester, Pa., ca. 1925
Caption: "W. H. Wood, 129 E. Gay St., West Chester, Pa. The house that service built. Franklin Sales & Service. 104311."
Signs: "Franklin. The Franklin Car. W. H. Wood, Motor Cars. Service Dept. in the Rear."
William H. Wood (1885-1959) sold Franklin cars manufactured by the Franklin Automobile Company at his dealership in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Author George Miller included this postcard in his book, A Pennsylvania Album: Picture Postcards, 1900-1930 (Penn State Press, 1979), p. 28, and provided the following information about the cars on the postcard:
"The Franklin went on sale in June 1902. Its distinctive features included an air-cooled engine, a laminated ash frame, and full elliptical springs. The firm produced automobiles until it went bankrupt in 1934. The advertisement here features to the right a 1905 Gentleman's Roadster Type E with a four-cylinder, air-cooled, 14-horsepower engine. The car cost $1400. The car to the left dates from about 1925."
The card also appeared in Jay Ketelle's The American Automobile Dealership: A Picture Postcard History (Jay Ketelle Collectables, n.d.), "The Pre-1930 Era" section, no pagination.