1921 antique AUTO BED CAMPS letterhead env ny JONES VAN DORAN auto tent camping For Sale

1921 antique AUTO BED CAMPS letterhead env ny JONES VAN DORAN auto tent camping
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Original August 2, 1921 typed business letter on Auto Bed Camps letterhead, Jones & Van Doran, 554 Tenth Avenue, New York, sent to R. G. Wyman, Brooklyn, N.Y. Includes original illustrated envelope picturing the Type A2 Auto Bed Camp tent with 2¢ red stamp and New York postmark.

Letter discusses a season-end clearance of “#3 IDS” and “#4 IDS” balloon silk Auto Bed Camps, made for two-to-four people, with prices reduced from $148 ? $118 and $183 ? $145, shipped f.o.b. New York City until August 15. Signed in ink by G. H. Van Doran, Secretary.

Exemplifies the early 1920s automobile camping movement and specialized outfitters marketing tents, cots, and accessories for touring motorists—well before the rise of factory-made travel trailers. Superb period typography and graphics, with the distinctive red-seal “Auto Bed Camp” triangle logo.


Authentic period piece related to family, historyor local heritage - well-suited for historical collections, genealogical /genealogy research, or museum acquisition.Vintage or Antique.


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