The Saturday Evening Post, April 10, 1909, page 39.
Sadly, this White Steamer probably met its
end in a junk yard. The shape of the radiator and the steam generator under the front seat clearly identify this as a White. The card is dated
September 28 and although the author, W. E. Roberts, failed provide the year and
the card was never postmarked, the date is 1909. Roberts references the
Hudson Fulton Centennial which was held in 1909. Buck Hill Falls is east
of Wilkes-Barre and southeast of Scranton, PA.
The card reads as follows:
This card shows what can happen to an
automobile[.] It was wrecked on a hill near Buck Hill Falls. [I] was
up to New York from Friday eve till Sunday eve to see the Hudson Fulton
Celebrations. Am expecting now to come up about eleven o'clock Saturday
morning next by trolley. Want to go to Francis Club in afternoon and come
back for [unreadable word]. Sunday we take dinner at Eley's[?]. W.
E. Roberts
Miss Minnie Kelly, Newhope, Bucks County
Penna.
This postcard shows a family driving in its White Steamer.
The postcard is an undivided back, dating it before 1907, but the postmark is
August 4, 1908. It is inscribed as follows: Touring in a WHITE.
Geo. J. Donahue, Agt., Brocton, Mass Photo by Hudson.".
This aluminum pocket calendar for 1909 was distributed by
Benson & Hughes on 113 Franklin Street. Because most commerce was local,
there was no need for a city name. Many postcards carry a street address
with the word "CITY" rather than the city name because the postmaster, the
sender, and the recipient all knew the city name.
There is no information about this lady in her 1909 White
Steamer other than a name stamped on the back, "E. M. Fillmore. According
to the eBay seller, this photo came from a collection of a Ford Salesman named
E. M. Fillmore.
This postcard is undated, but its divided back places it after
1907.
This full page advertisement appeared on page 93 of the
advertising section of Scribner's Magazine sometime in 1909. The month is
unknown.
Literary Digest
sometime in 1909. Page and month unknown.
This full page advertisement appeared in the March, 1909
edition of
Suburban Life on page 139.
This full page advertisement appeared in Hampton's
Magazine, March 1909, p. 7.
This full page advertisement appeared The Saturday Evening
Post, of April 10, 1909, p. 39.
This full page advertisement appeared Harper's Magazine
for April, 1909, no page.
This full page advertisement appeared in the Century
Magazine in May, 1909, p. 54 .
White Steamer advertisement, The World's Work, May
1909, no page number.
This full page advertisement appeared in The Independent,
June 3, 1909, p. cxiv.
This full page advertisement appeared on page XXXIII of the
advertising section of The International Studio. The year was 1909 but the
month is unknown.
This full page advertisement appeared in Cycle & Automobile
Trade Journal, no month, 1909, p. 22.
This is a 1909 Model M, 7-Passenger White Steamer. This
card came from the Floyd Clymer Collection. His label is on the reverse.
White Steamer Advertisement, Harper's Magazine, ca: 1909,
no page or month.
White Steamer Advertisement, Outlook Magazine's Advertising
Department, 1909, no month, p. 13.