Name/Title
Promotional materials for buses from Flageol and Metropolitan Coach, 1928-1929Entry/Object ID
2011.73.10Scope and Content
Accession No. 11.73.10 A, B
Subject Category: City of Alameda; Transportation
Date or Period: 1928-29
Object: File Folder
Description: tan file folders
A. tab reads: 'Transportation -Misc - Coaches'. Front of tab reads 'Metropolitan Coach', 'American Car Foundry [crossed out with pencil: Motor Car], Hall-Scott. Motor Car Co.'
B. folder tab reads: 'Flageol Safety Coach', Folder front states 'Flageol Safety Coach by Flageol Motors Co. of Oakland, Calif.'
Each: L 14 3/4” X W 9”
History of object:
Folders with promotional material from the American Car and Foundry Motors Company, New York City, and the Flageol Motors Company, Oakland. Includes brochures, photos, and in the case of B, typed specifications.
Presumably, these companies' products were considered for a proposed Municipal Bus Service to replace, or in addition to, the Key System Bus Service.
Found in the attic of City Hall in the 1990s.
Acquired from: City of Alameda
Date Cataloged: November 5, 2011