[Rarebooks] FS: Diary of Auto Trip to Cape Cod, &c. in 1927

[Bob Petrilla]

Cardwell, H.W. HANDWRITTEN 1927 AUTO TRIP DIARY. Norwich, CT, 1927. 30pp of
entries in blue ink, in a small, neat hand. (The author used a printed,
leather diary for 1924 to make his 1927 entries.)  4.5" x 2.5" Very Good.
Full Leather.
The first three pages comprise the service record for the new Marmion
Automobile. The diary begins March 25, 1927: "Bought Marmon [automobile] -
list $1,895 - 3% war tax, $56.85 - freight, $71 - extra tire & cover,
$27.15 - total $2,050." Cardwell records 11 grease & oil changes during the
year: mileages, gasoline, etc. "Bought Little Marmon No. 808895 from Mr.
Beach, N. London, speedometer read 6...Arrive Norwich 27...Alice short ride
30...Bill Spalding short ride 50." The next 27 pages document where Mr.
Cardwell drove, and with whom, including a trip to Plymouth and Cape Cod,
&c., and finally reaching 8173 on the speedometer by the end of December.
  $50.00

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