playswithbrass Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 (edited) Princeton Mass Historical Society are doing a talk and slide show on June 16 to document the history of the Princeton Antique Auto Museum from 1935 to 1962. They are inviting owners of cars from1900 to 1941 to attend and display their auto. It would be neat if some of the cars that were in this museum were brought back for this event! Seems to still be in the planning stages but details so far are on their website http://www.princetonmahistory.org Edited January 23, 2018 by playswithbrass Other user good suggestion (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 I have two of the catalogs they produced, and think the 1901 Duryea is now restored and owned by Barry Meguiar of "Car Crazy" TV and auto detail products fame. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 (edited) Clicked on the website, and this photo greeted me! Can't read the date on the plates, but sure looks like the Elmer Bemis 1912 Model T Touring. It was the very first "Old Car" I was given a ride in, it made quite an impression and has been in my garage since 1983. Bob Edited January 22, 2018 by 1937hd45 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmhowe Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 When I was a teenager, I lived in Princeton. I loved to go to the museum. Mr. Garganigo was kind enough to allow local kids in for free. His cars were all beautifully restored. I hoped to get a summer job working in the restoration shop. However, in the late 1950s, he wasn't doing any more restoration work. It was a beautiful museum: Approximately 200 cars, if I recall correctly. My favorites were the Pierce Arrows. He had some Pierce 33 and 66 touring cars from the teens and 1920s, and several sedans from the 1930s. I loved them all. When Mr. Garganigo died, the cars were actioned off. I think many went to a museum in Pennsylvania. I wish one had gone to me. Realistically, they were all museum quality, and I like drivers. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Bringing that back up from page two, maybe it needs BRASS CAR in the title. The Garganigo Collection became the core of the Zimmerman Collection, we used to go through it the Sunday after Hershey. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playswithbrass Posted January 23, 2018 Author Share Posted January 23, 2018 So it should not be underestimated how many early cars were preserved by first being in the Princeton collection and then in the Automobilorama collection of Zimmermans in Harrisburg PA . My interest is a little selfish. I have the Model k Cadillac, identified as a 1905 but actually a 1906, and because it was really not as impressive as most of the other cars, no one seems to have photographed it. I would love a shot of this car when it was in either collection!! You can see the lettering that Princeton put on the side of the body. There is a photo on the Historic Society website of a car with the same lettering. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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