Editorial Reviews
Don Berkebile, Curator Emeritus, Smithsonian Institution, American History Museum
I recommend this book to anyone interested in the trade of wagon-making or the history of working vehicles.
Book Description
"Wagon-Making in the United States . . ." is perhaps the best available description of the tools, materials, technology, and process of wagon-making in the US during the late pre-automotive period. The featured centerpiece of this book is a masters thesis completed in 1968 at Millersville College (now University), Millersville, Pennsylvania, by Paul A. Kube. Titled "A Study of the Gruber Wagon Works at Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania," this thesis describes the content, structure, and functioning of the Gruber Wagon Works as that business existed in the middle part of the 20th century - a rare late-surviving representative of an industry that had, at one time, been essential to the transportation needs of the agrarian and early industrial national economy. Contributions by Clayton E. Ray and Cathy L. Wegener provide an introduction to the significance of the Kube thesis, a brief history of wagon-making in the United States, a review of the relocation and management of the Gruber Wagon Works as an interpretive center during and after the mid-1970s, a compilation of surviving production records of the Gruber Works, and a biographical sketch of Paul Kube.
Wagon-Making in the United States during the Late-19th through Mid-20th Centuries: A Study of the Gruber Wagon Works at Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania
Wagon-Making in the United States during the Late-19th through Mid-20th Centuries: A Study of the Gruber Wagon Works at Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania,Paul A. Kube,Clayton Edward Ray,Cathy L. Wegener,The McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company,0939923971,19th century,20th century,Agriculture - General,Carriage and wagon making,Corporate & Business History - General,History,History - U.S.,History: American,Industries - Transportation,Technical & Manufacturing Trades,Technology & Industrial Arts,United States,United States - General,United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic,Social history,Transport: General Interest,USA
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