Car Owner’s Manual Collection Business, Science, and Technology Department Enoch Pratt Free Library Central Library/State Library Resource Center 400 Cathedral St. Baltimore, MD 21201 (410) 396-5317
The following pages list the collection of old car owner’s manuals kept in the Business, Science, and Technology Department. While the manuals cover the years 1913-1986, the bulk of the collection represents cars from the 1920s, ‘30s, and 40s. If you are interested in looking at these manuals, please ask a librarian in the Department or e-mail us. The manuals are noncirculating, but we can make copies of specific parts for you.
Auburn……………………………………………………………..……………………..2 Buick………………………………………………………………..…………………….2 Cadillac…………………………………………………………………..……………….3 Chandler………………………………………………………………….…...………....5 Chevrolet……………………………………………………………………………...….5 Chrysler…………………………………………………………………………….…….7 DeSoto…………………………………………………………………………………...7 Diamond T……………………………………………………………………………….8 Dodge…………………………………………………………………………………….8 Ford………………………………………………………………………………….……9 Franklin………………………………………………………………………………….11 Graham……………………………………………………………………………..…..12 GM………………………………………………………………………………………13 Hudson………………………………………………………………………..………..13 Hupmobile…………………………………………………………………..………….17 Jordan………………………………………………………………………………..…17 LaSalle………………………………………………………………………..………...18 Nash……………………………………………………………………………..……...19 Oldsmobile……………………………………………………………………..……….21 Pontiac……………………………………………………………………….…………25 Packard………………………………………………………………….……………...30 Pak-Age-Car…………………………………………………………………………...30 Peerless………………………………………………………………….……………..30 Plymouth…………………………………………………………………..……………31 Pierce Arrow…………………………………………………………..………………..31 Reo…………………………………………………………………………..………….32 Rockne……………………………………………………………………..…………...33 Studebaker…………………………………………………………………….……….34 Terraplane…………………………………………………………………….………..35 Walker……...…………………………………………………………………..……….35 Willys………………………………………………………………………...……….…36 Owner Manuals
Box 1
Owner Manuals Auburn 1944
Car Model Models 850X, 850Y, 652X and 652Y
Box 1
Owner Manuals Buick 1933
Car Model 33-50,33-60,33-80,33-90
Box 1
Owner Manuals Buick 1934
Car Model 34-40,34-50,34-60,34-90
Box 1
Owner Manuals Buick 1936
Car Model (Special-Series 40) 36-41,36-46,36-46S,36-46C,36-48; (Century-Series 60)36-61,36-66S,36-66C,36-68; (Roadmaster-Series 80) 36-81,36-80C; (Limited-Series 90) 36-90,36-90L,36-91
2 Box 1
Owner Manuals Buick 1939
Car Model (Special-Series 40) 39-48,39-41,39-46,39-46S,39-46C (Century-Series 60) 39-61,39-666S,39-66C,39-61C,39-68) (Roadmaster-Series 80) 39-81,39-81F,39-80C,39-87,39-81C; (Limited-Series 90)39-90,39-90L,39-91
Box 1
Owner Manuals Buick 1940 (2 copies)
Car Model (Special-Series 40) 40-48,40-41,40-46,40-46S,40-46C,40-41C; (Super-Series 50)40-51,40-56S; (Century-Series 60)40- 61,40-66C,40-61C;(Roadmaster-Series 70)40-71,40-76S; (Limited-Series 80)40-81,40-81F,40-81C40-87,40-80C,40-87F; (Limited-Series 90)
Box 1
Owner Manuals Buick 1986
Car Model LeSabre
Box 2
Owner Manuals Cadillac 1926
Car Model
3 Box 2
Owner Manuals Cadillac 1928
Car Model
Box 2
Owner Manuals Cadillac 1929
Car Model
Box 2
Owner Manuals Cadillac 1930 (3 copies)
Car Model
Box 2
Owner Manuals Cadillac 1934
Car Model
4 Box 2
Owner Manuals Cadillac 1937
Car Model V-16, Series 38-90
Box 3
Owner Manuals Chandler
Car Model Royal, Seventy-Five
Box 3
Owner Manuals Chandler
Car Model Royal, Eighty-Five
Box 3
Owner Manuals Chevrolet 1927
Car Model Capitol, Series AA
5 Box 3
Owner Manuals Chevrolet 1930
Car Model Independence, Series AE
Box 3
Owner Manuals Chevrolet 1968
Car Model
Box 3
Owner Manuals Chevrolet Trucks 1934
Car Model
Box 3
Owner Manuals Chevrolet Trucks 1938 (3 copies)
Car Model
6 Box 3
Owner Manuals Chrysler 1925
Car Model Chrysler Four
Box 3
Owner Manuals Chrysler 1929
Car Model Chrysler 66
Box 3
Owner Manuals Chrysler 1929
Car Model Chrysler 77
Box 4
Owner Manuals DeSoto 1947
Car Model
7 Box 4
Owner Manuals Diamond T.
Car Model
Box 4
Owner Manuals Dodge 1932
Car Model Dodge Brothers Six (Code DP)
Box 4
Owner Manuals Dodge 1932
Car Model Dodge Brothers Eight (Code DO)
Box 4
Owner Manuals Dodge 1941
Car Model Dodge Job-Rated Truck, Series WF-WFM
8 Box 4
Owner Manuals Dodge 1941
Car Model Dodge Job-Rated Truck, Series WC
Box 4
Owner Manuals Dodge 1945
Car Model Dodge Power Wagon Truck, Series WDX
Box 4
Owner Manuals Dodge
Car Model Dodge Job-Rated Truck, Series WK,WKA,WR,WRA
Box 5
Owner Manuals Ford 1913
Car Model Model T
9 Box 5
Owner Manuals Ford 1931
Car Model Model A
Box 5
Owner Manuals Ford 1941
Car Model Deluxe and Super Deluxe
Box 5
Owner Manuals Ford 1942
Car Model Commercial 3/4 Ton and 1 Ton, 8 cylinder
Box 5
Owner Manuals Ford 1944
Car Model Bus 100 H.P., V8, 494T
10 Box 5
Owner Manuals Ford 1948
Car Model Model 899A
Box 5
Owner Manuals Ford 1974
Car Model Groups 17,21,23,24,32,33
Box 5
Owner Manuals Franklin 1932
Car Model Series 17, 12 cylinder
Box 5
Owner Manuals Franklin 1932
Car Model Series 16, Supercharged Airman
11 Box 5
Owner Manuals Franklin 1933
Car Model Olympic, Series 18
Box 6
Owner Manuals Graham
Car Model Models 42,46,49,53,54,56
Box 6
Owner Manuals Graham-Paige
Car Model Models 67-69
Box 6
Owner Manuals Graham-Paige
Car Model Model 68
12 Box 6
Owner Manuals GM 1941
Car Model GM Diesel, Model 71 (Truck)
Box 7
Owner Manuals Hudson 1933
Car Model Super 6
Box 7
Owner Manuals Hudson 1933
Car Model Essex Terraplane 6
Box 7
Owner Manuals Hudson 1933
Car Model Essex Terraplane 8
13 Box 7
Owner Manuals Hudson 1934
Car Model
Box 7
Owner Manuals Hudson 1937
Car Model Hudson 6
Box 7
Owner Manuals Hudson 1937
Car Model Hudson 8
Box 7
Owner Manuals Hudson 1938
Car Model Hudson Terraplane Business Cars
14 Box 7
Owner Manuals Hudson 1938 (2 copies)
Car Model Hudson Terraplane
Box 7
Owner Manuals Hudson 1938 (2 copies)
Car Model Hudson 6
Box 8
Owner Manuals Hudson 1938 (2 copies)
Car Model Hudson 112
Box 8
Owner Manuals Hudson 1938
Car Model Hudson 8
15 Box 8
Owner Manuals Hudson 1939
Car Model
Box 8
Owner Manuals Hudson 1940
Car Model
Box 8
Owner Manuals Hudson 1941
Car Model
Box 8
Owner Manuals Hudson 1942
Car Model
16 Box 9
Owner Manuals Hupmobile 1934
Car Model Series 417W
Box 9
Owner Manuals Hupmobile
Car Model Series 427-T
Box 9
Owner Manuals Hupmobile
Car Model Series 421-J
Box 9
Owner Manuals Jordan
Car Model Model E, Serial No. 95,001 and up
17 Box 9
Owner Manuals Jordan
Car Model Model G, Serial No. 131153 and up, Great Line 90
Box 9
Owner Manuals Jordan
Car Model Model J, Serial 70,001
Box 9
Owner Manuals LaSalle 1928
Car Model
Box 9
Owner Manuals LaSalle 1929
Car Model
18 Box 9
Owner Manuals LaSalle 1930
Car Model
Box 9
Owner Manuals LaSalle 1934
Car Model
Box 9
Owner Manuals LaSalle 1937
Car Model
Box 10
Owner Manuals Nash 1932
Car Model The Big 6, Series 1120
19 Box 10
Owner Manuals Nash 1932
Car Model The Advanced 8, Series 1180
Box 10
Owner Manuals Nash 1932
Car Model The Standard 8, Series 1130
Box 10
Owner Manuals Nash 1934
Car Model LaFayette
Box 10
Owner Manuals Nash 1934
Car Model 1200 Series, Ambassador 8, Advanced 8, Big 6
20 Box 10
Owner Manuals Oldsmobile 1930
Car Model Viking 8
Box 10
Owner Manuals Oldsmobile 1930
Car Model Oldsmobile 6
Box 10
Owner Manuals Oldsmobile 1931 (2 copies)
Car Model Oldsmobile 6
Box 10
Owner Manuals Oldsmobile 1931
Car Model Oldsmobile 6, Models F28,F29,F30
21 Box 10
Owner Manuals Oldsmobile 1933
Car Model
Box 10
Owner Manuals Oldsmobile 1934 (3 copies)
Car Model Oldsmobile 6
Box 10
Owner Manuals Oldsmobile 1934 (2 copies)
Car Model Oldsmobile 8
Box 11
Owner Manuals Oldsmobile 1935
Car Model Oldsmobile 6
22 Box 11
Owner Manuals Oldsmobile 1935
Car Model Oldsmobile 8
Box 11
Owner Manuals Oldsmobile 1936
Car Model Oldsmobile 8
Box 11
Owner Manuals Oldsmobile 1937
Car Model Oldsmobile 6
Box 11
Owner Manuals Oldsmobile 1937
Car Model Oldsmobile 8
23 Box 11
Owner Manuals Oldsmobile 1939
Car Model
Box 11
Owner Manuals Oldsmobile 1941
Car Model
Box 11
Owner Manuals Oldsmobile 1942
Car Model
Box 11
Owner Manuals Oldsmobile 1953
Car Model 6 and 8 cylinders
24 Box 12
Owner Manuals Pontiac 1932
Car Model Pontiac 8 and Pontiac 6
Box 12
Owner Manuals Pontiac 1936
Car Model 8 cylinder
Box 12
Owner Manuals Pontiac 1940
Car Model Model 469S
Box 12
Owner Manuals Pontiac 1942 (2 copies)
Car Model
25 Box 12
Owner Manuals Pontiac 1944
Car Model Carburetion and Manifolding
Box 12
Owner Manuals Pontiac 1946
Car Model Starting and Generating Systems
Box 12
Owner Manuals Pontiac 1946
Car Model Ignition and Tune up Diagnosis
Box 12
Owner Manuals Pontiac 1946
Car Model Front End and Steering System
26 Box 12
Owner Manuals Pontiac 1946
Car Model 1946 Model Supplement to 1941-42 Shop Manual
Box 13
Owner Manuals Pontiac 1948 (2 copies)
Car Model Hydra-Matic Drive
Box 13
Owner Manuals Pontiac 1950
Car Model Ignition and Tune up Diagnosis
Box 13
Owner Manuals Pontiac 1951
Car Model Brake System
27 Box 13
Owner Manuals Pontiac 1951
Car Model Starting and Generating Systems
Box 13
Owner Manuals Pontiac 1952 (2 copies)
Car Model Hydra-Matic Drive
Box 13
Owner Manuals Pontiac 1952
Car Model Advanced Electrical Service
Box 14
Owner Manuals Pontiac 1953
Car Model Steering Systems includes standard and power steering
28 Box 14
Owner Manuals Pontiac
Car Model Fuel System
Box 14
Owner Manuals Pontiac
Car Model Starting and Generating Systems
Box 14
Owner Manuals Pontiac
Car Model Differential
Box 14
Owner Manuals Pontiac
Car Model Brake System
29 Box 15
Owner Manuals Packard
Car Model
Box 15
Owner Manuals Diamond T Pak-Age-Car
Car Model
Box 15
Owner Manuals Peerless
Car Model Peerless Custom 8
Box 15
Owner Manuals Peerless
Car Model Type 23, 8 cylinder
30 Box 15
Owner Manuals Plymouth 1942
Car Model
Box 15
Owner Manuals Pierce Arrow 1933
Car Model Model 1236
Box 15
Owner Manuals Pierce Arrow 1933
Car Model Models 1242-1247
Box 15
Owner Manuals Pierce Arrow 1933
Car Model Straight Eight, Model 836
31 Box 15
Owner Manuals Pierce Arrow 1934
Car Model Straight Eight, Model 836-A
Box 15
Owner Manuals Pierce Arrow 1934
Car Model Straight Eight, Model 840-A
Box 15
Owner Manuals Pierce Arrow 1934
Car Model Twelve Cylinder, Models 1240-A and 1248-A
Box 16
Owner Manuals Reo 1929
Car Model Flying Cloud, The Master, Model C
32 Box 16
Owner Manuals Reo 1929
Car Model Flying Cloud, Model B2
Box 16
Owner Manuals Reo 1933
Car Model Pleasure Car
Box 16
Owner Manuals Reo 1934
Car Model Speed Wagon, Edition 634
Box 16
Owner Manuals Rockne 1931
Car Model Model 75
33 Box 16
Owner Manuals Rockne 1932 (2 copies)
Car Model Model 10
Box 16
Owner Manuals Rockne 1932
Car Model Model 65
Box 16
Owner Manuals Studebaker 1924
Car Model Standard 6
Box 16
Owner Manuals Studebaker 1924
Car Model Big 6, Special 6
34 Box 16
Owner Manuals Studebaker 1935(?)
Car Model The Dictator
Box 16
Owner Manuals Studebaker 1939
Car Model The Champion
Box 16
Owner Manuals Terraplane 1937
Car Model
Box 17
Owner Manuals Walker Truck
Car Model Models 500,5006,505,5056,515
35 Box 17
Owner Manuals Walker Truck 1928
Car Model Model 10
Box 17
Owner Manuals Willys-Knight 1924
Car Model Model 66-D
Box 17
Owner Manuals Willys-Overland 1924
Car Model Whippet 6, Model 98
Box 17
Owner Manuals Willys-Knight 1926
Car Model Model 66-A
36 Box 17
Owner Manuals Willys-Overland 1927
Car Model Whippet 6, Model 93-A
Box 17
Owner Manuals Willys
Car Model Model 8-80D
Box 17
Owner Manuals Willys
Car Model Models 97,98-D,C-113
Box 17
Owner Manuals Willys-Knight 1931
Car Model Model 95
37 Box 17
Owner Manuals Willys-Overland 1932
Car Model Model 6-90
Box 17
Owner Manuals Willys 1933
Car Model Model 77
Box 17
Owner Manuals Willys-Overland 1946
Car Model Model 4-63
Box 17
Owner Manuals Willys-Overland 1947 (3 copies)
Car Model Model CJ-2A
38 Box 17
Owner Manuals Willys-Overland 1947
Car Model Models 2-WD and 4-WD
Box 17
Owner Manuals Willys-Overland 1947
Car Model Models 2T-4T
Box 17
Owner Manuals Willys-Overland 1948
Car Model Model 6-63
Box 17
Owner Manuals Willys 1953
Car Model Aero
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