Vintage 1920 booklet, “Auto Routes from Pittsfield, Mass.” Insurance ads & more/

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Vintage 1920 booklet, “Auto Routes from Pittsfield, Mass.” Insurance ads & more/. Condition is Used. Shipped with USPS First Class.
Back in 1920, the roads in the U.S. weren’t quite up to
today’s standards. That’s why insurancecompanies would issue guides to the Auto Routes in the U.S. This one deals withMassachusetts, New York, Vermont and Connecticut. The Auto Routes guide wascompliments of the Berkshire Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Pittsfield, Mass., andwas distributed by the Hotel Wendell in Pittsfield., a lovely elegant hotelserving a clientele that could easily afford to “motor” around a region as longas they had a booklet of auto routes like this one.
This14-page booklet offered the best autoroutes from Pittsfield to Albany NY;, Greenfield, Mass;
Manchester , Vt.; New York City; Springfield,Mass.; Troy, NY, Waterbury, Conn., and Greylock Mountain. The booklet measuresabout 9 x 4.5.
It’s 100 years old and it’sa little dirty and the pages of worked their way away from the staples but allthe pages are there (in case you might like to follow the directions someautumn day).
The other piece included inthis deal is a little advertising insert from Travelers Insurance Co.,Hartford, Conn. It’s promoting an accident policy and you unfold the littlepiece and you see a scary looking 1920 accident, warning what could happen inan auto accident. In this deal, you get a great 1920 auto route booklet to 9different locations, offered by Berkshire, and another advertising piece fromTravelers Insurance, sure to scare you into buying a policy!