Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Wasp Brochure, 1920 |
Object Name |
Pamphlet |
Creator |
Martin-Wasp Corporation |
Dates of Creation |
1920 |
Scope & Content |
Four page booklet on the Wasp Automobile designed and built by the Martin-Wasp Corporation of Bennington, Vermont. Provides a description of the Wasp Automobile including its chassis, wheel base, gear box, spring, wheels, tires, and coachwork. The coachwork was advertised as custom-built from the designs of Karl H. Martin. Priced at $5000. |
Administrative/Biographical History |
Begun by Karl H. Martin in Bennington, Vermont following World War I, the Martin-Wasp Corporation produced custom built automobiles based off the designs of Karl Martin. The last automobile was produced in 1925 when the company stopped production due to financial troubles. This black and white piece is the only brochure printed by the Martin Wasp Corporation. One of the scarce printed folded brochures of the Martin Wasp Corporation of Bennington, Vermont 1920. |
Related People |
Martin, Karl Hamlen |
Credit line |
Gift of Vaughn Palmer |
Catalog Number |
1993.41 |