New-York tribune., 1911-02-19
BROOKLYN SHOW OPENS
Fifty.three Different Makes OF
Cars Are Exhibited.
MOTOR TRUCKS ON VIEW
Borough President A. E. Steers
, Delivered the Opening Ad.
dress to Large Crowd.

Brooklyn's first automobile show had an
suspicious opening last night. when the
2Sd Regiment Armory was thrown open for
week with a. complete display OF motor
cars. Borough President A. r. Steers de-
livered tho formal opening address at
o'clock. when the big building was hilsd
with enthusiastic and interested visitors, a.
the doors had been opened At 7:so o'clock.
The exhibition is being conducted under
the auspices OF the Brooklyn Motor We
hicle Dealers Association. and the active
management Of the affair 10 in the hands Of
Charles H. Green. The cars displayed in-
clude a number Of vehicles Of the freight
carrying type. although most OF the ears
| shown are Of the pa ssenger carrying va
riety. -is-
The enterprise Of the Brooklyn dealers IN
arranging for the show mas been hesStily
approved by a number Of the New York
branch houses and agents who have OBJ
| tafned space in which to show their cara
The 23d Regiment Arnory, situated b.
tween Atlantic avenue and Pacific street..
in Bedford avenue-Brooklyn's principal
automobile highway--is an ideal plaza for
floor of the armory has nearly half again
as much space as the main floor OF Madison
Square Garden. The balcony. which 0vee.
looks the main floor OF tho armery. hes
seating accommodations for l,5oo persons.
There are hfty-three different makes OF
cars on exhibition. and the spaces contain
nearly two hundred cars. The machines
that are displayed include practically en Of
the best known>car manufactured in this
country and there are some cars that ase
being shown IN Brooklyn for the arst urAs
in public. The cars shown range from the
light moderate priced machines up to the
biz luxurious high priced vehicles
The work Of decorating the armory hes
been done under the direction Of NJ n
Singer, who had charge of the horse show
decorations IN Madison Square Garden a
canopy of salmon pink and white cloth he's
been used to cover the great steel girders
OF the big hall. the canopy being drape6
down the side walls. Twenty-four cTyssal
electroliers are hung from the ceiling end
there are 1900 electric lights used In W
Eliminating the exhibition.
Four rows OF columns OF Colonial design
extend from the front to the rear OF tho
main floor. These columns are used No
divide the exhibition spaces. Beams have
been placed on top of the columns ana
ornamental globes filled with artificial hoT-
ers are set along the beams at intervals.
Green carpeting has been used TO cover tne
door space Of the exhibits and green bur
lap has been used to cover the walls where
the canopy draping does not reach
The cars exhibited are as follows:
Packard Peerless. Chadwick. Halisdsy.
Stearns, Mercer, Haynes, REQ, FIAT, 0lds'
mobile. Herreshoff. Waverly. Marion. Cole.
Ford Autocar, Colby, Page Detroit. Colum-
bia, Maxwell. Locomobile, Knox. Garlord'
EMF. Flanders. Hudson, Chalmers, WIN
vea yVa' Stoddard- Dayton, White, Thomas.
croxton.1 FRANKLIN. Corbin, Pope.H Hartford.
Lozier, Buick, Premier, Oakland. Overland
| Marrnon. National, Case. Rainier; Cra"l2eo'
troit, Cass. Kelly and White. The last foor
| are trucks.