FISHER BODY CRAFTSMAN ' S GUILD MEMBERSHIP CARD - Circa 1935 - DESIGN CONTEST
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:17648995 | Year: 1935 |
FISHER BODY CRAFTSMAN'S GUILD MEMBERSHIP CARD - circa 1935Sorting through a box of my late-Dad's things I found Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild Plans and Instructions for the competitions in 1934-1935; 1936; and, 1937. He never told me he had entered, but then this membership card fell out of the 1934-35 instruction set. So, it was not his collection of instructions, but something he got somewhere from someone else. How many of these membership certificates / cards could possibly still b...e in existence?I will be listing the instruction sheets - bargain prices (think) since some small faults, but first, here is this card measuring about 4 inches by about 2 1/2 inches - wallet size, but with an old fold through almost the middle.
Includes facsimile signatures of Daniel Carter Beard as Honorary President, and the President, William A. FisherFrom 1930 to 1968, General Motors' Fisher Body Division sponsored a model-making contest for teenagers. The top prize was a college scholarship. Many winners ended up doing design work for the Fisher Body Company. The contest began in 1930 when GM was looking for tool and die makers for their expanding car production. They chose the Fisher Body symbol of the Napoleonic Coach for the young men to duplicate as a scale model (the coach was the Fisher Body emblem). It was thought a boy with the skills to complete one of these elaborate coaches would be a good candidate for a tool and die job. The contest with the Napoleonic Coach continued till 1937. Then, GM's Styling chief designer, Harley Earl, added automotive design to the contest. The contest was suspended during WWII, and resumed in 1945. Shortly thereafter the Coach was dropped in favor of only car models.HEMMING'S MOTOR NEWS (HMN) last year reported that interest in the history of the guild has increased the last decade. John Jacobus, authored the book “The Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild: An Illustrated History.” Many models have been found, and an exhibit is planned at the Gilmore Car Museum, 6865 W Hickory Rd. Hickory Corners, MI, from April 2019 to October 2019. For more information on how to participate in the exhibit, visit the Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild group on Facebook.Towards Shipping - $2 packaged securely with cardboard and with tracking
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Includes facsimile signatures of Daniel Carter Beard as Honorary President, and the President, William A. FisherFrom 1930 to 1968, General Motors' Fisher Body Division sponsored a model-making contest for teenagers. The top prize was a college scholarship. Many winners ended up doing design work for the Fisher Body Company. The contest began in 1930 when GM was looking for tool and die makers for their expanding car production. They chose the Fisher Body symbol of the Napoleonic Coach for the young men to duplicate as a scale model (the coach was the Fisher Body emblem). It was thought a boy with the skills to complete one of these elaborate coaches would be a good candidate for a tool and die job. The contest with the Napoleonic Coach continued till 1937. Then, GM's Styling chief designer, Harley Earl, added automotive design to the contest. The contest was suspended during WWII, and resumed in 1945. Shortly thereafter the Coach was dropped in favor of only car models.HEMMING'S MOTOR NEWS (HMN) last year reported that interest in the history of the guild has increased the last decade. John Jacobus, authored the book “The Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild: An Illustrated History.” Many models have been found, and an exhibit is planned at the Gilmore Car Museum, 6865 W Hickory Rd. Hickory Corners, MI, from April 2019 to October 2019. For more information on how to participate in the exhibit, visit the Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild group on Facebook.Towards Shipping - $2 packaged securely with cardboard and with tracking
Shipping happily combined on multiple purchasesA view inside our Out-of-Print Bookshop
In Historic Walpole, New Hampshire -- Established 1980
EBAY Member since July 6, 1998
Now -- TWENTY YEARS selling on eBay
