LETTER AND BROCHURE, MASTER SERVICE COMPANY, LOS ANGELES, OCTOBER 27, 1927

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

LETTER AND BROCHURE, MASTER SERVICE COMPANY, LOS ANGELES, OCTOBER 27, 1927

Entry/Object ID

2004.202.1.1

Description

LETTER AND BROCHURE, MASTER SERVICE COMPANY, LOS ANGELES, OCTOBER 27, 1927 Color: Black; White A letter and brochure from E. S. Jane, auditor of the Master Service Company to S. H. Woodruff, October 27, 1927. The letter forms the front panel of the four-panel artifact and has principal members of the firm at the top and the company logo and mottoes centered just below, flanked by the telephone number and address of the company. The typed letter concerns a monthly statement. When opened, the item has information on the company, including, at the top and bottom, its many automotive make specialities and the photos of company agents in charge of these areas. Also on these pages are photographs of the sheet metal, battery, cashiering, accounting, stock room, and other departmejnts, as well as an image of the plant. There are photos of more company principals including the president. The back panel has photographs of mechanics at work on the seven automobile makes the company specialized in and there are portraits of the same agents for these makes with these men visible in white lab coats in the plant pictures. With abrasions on the back lower right, acid burns on the left side of the front, creases on the front, discoloration on the front and back, and stains at the bottom right of the back and along the edges of the front, the overall condition is good.

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Search Terms

Two-dimensional, Letters (Correspondence), Master Service Company, Automobile repair--Los Angeles (Calif.), Automobile repair shops--Los Angeles (Calif.)

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Letters (Correspondence)