Rare Original 1917 New York Auto Show Program
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NO RESERVE AUCTION" Rare original Automobile Show Program from 1917. The Front cover says "Automobile Show Grand Central Palace January 6th to 13th, 1917. Price ten cents." Published by Harry M. Stevens. This Official Programme was from the 17th Annual National Automobile Show in held in New York. Program is 8" x 11" and has 50 pages with lots of information, including an alphabetical list of the 232 Exhibitors who were on the four floors of the Grand Central Palace for the event. This program has a special rare insert entitled "Leading attractions at the Theaters" which lists eight theaters that were on or near Broadway and what was showing. The "Show of Wonders" - the World's Greatest Collection of Stars and Beauties was featured at the Winter Garden Theater, Broadway at 50th Street. Anna Held in "Follow Me" the biggest casino hit in ten years was at the Casino Theater, Broadway at 39th Street. Geraldine Farrar in "Joan the Woman" was at the 44th Street Theater. This was Cecil B. De Milles Cinema Masterpiece -founded on the life of Joan of Arc. The program has many advertisements including a colorful Firestone Tire and Rubber Company ad, an Adams' Pepsin Gum tutti-frutti for indigestion and dyspepsia, an old ad of Murray Automobiles and Federal Motor Trucks, Gargoyle Mobiloils, Gulf Oil Company, Socony, Standard Oil Company of
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