Popular Science
Issue: Apr, 1923
Posted in: Automotive
Posted: 08/28/2008
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Elongated Auto Is Moving Signboard (Apr, 1923)

Elongated Auto Is Moving Signboard

Designed to attract attention to advertisements on its sides, this elongated, six-wheeled auto is being operated profitably by a woman in Jersey City, N. J-

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4 comments
  1. fluffy says: August 29, 20087:48 am

    And today, this phenomenon continues with large inefficient gas-guzzling trucks with the trailer replaced by a large billboard, patrolling the already-crowded streets of major cities. HOORAY.

  2. Mike says: August 30, 20085:25 am

    So fluffy you are saying we can blame that woman for global warming?

  3. fluffy says: August 30, 20087:16 am

    If it makes you feel better.

  4. Charlene says: August 31, 20089:33 pm

    That’s easy for you to say.

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