Sales Catalog for 1917 Brewster & Co. Automobiles

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Artifact Overview

Car brochures have evolved from straightforward product catalogues into polished creative sales tools. Their quality paper, rich color, inventive formats, and sophisticated graphic design all contribute to a buyer's developing impression of a car in a showroom. Advertising might entice people to a dealership, but brochures extend and deepen the relationship between vehicle and potential buyer.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Trade catalog

Date Made

1917

Subject Date

1917

Creator Notes

Made for Brewster & Co. by M. B. Brown Printing & Binding Co., New York, New York

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2011.0.4.3

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 7.313 in
Width: 5.125 in

Inscriptions

Printed on front cover: AUTOMOBILES / BREWSTER & CO. / NEW YORK / 1810 / 1917
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