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Collapse DEX1401 - Records of Vincents of Reading, coachbuilders and horse-box manufacturersDEX1401 - Records of Vincents of Reading, coachbuilders and horse-box manufacturers
1 - Album of newspaper and magazine advertisements for Vincents taken from the Reading Mercury, Windsor Express, Autocar and The Motor and various other periodicals (some proof copies).
2 - Album of newspaper and magazine advertisements for Vincents taken from the Reading Standard and Reading Mercury, and from Horse and Hound, Evening Gazette and various other periodicals.
3 - Album of newspaper and magazine advertisements for Vincents taken from Horse and Hound, The Commercial Motor and various other periodicals, containing advertisements for Vincents horse-boxes.
4 - Album of newspaper and magazine advertisements for Vincents taken from the Reading Mercury, Reading Standard, Evening Gazette, The Times, The Sunday Times, and various periodicals, mainly relating to advertisements for Vincents new and used cars and commercial vehicles.
5 - Album of newspaper and magazine advertisements for Vincents horse-boxes and trailers, and their commercial and farming vehicles.
6 - Album of newspaper and periodical advertisements for Vincents horse-boxes and trailers, commercial and farming vehicles, and new and used cars.
7 - Album of newspaper cuttings relating to general legal and financial matters.
8 - Album of promotional photographs of horse-boxes and commercial vehicles coach built by Vincents.
9 - Album of promotional photographs of horse-boxes and cattle trucks coach built by Vincents.
10 - Album of photographs of a Rolls Royce motor-car coach built by Vincents.
11 - The Book of the Motor Horse Box.
12 - Brochure and price list for Vincents, with coloured illustrations and detailed descriptions of a selection of horse-boxes.
13 - Brochure for Vincents, with illustrations and detailed descriptions of a selection of horse-boxes.
14 - Brochure for Vincents explaining general specifications and special features on their horse-boxes, including colour photographs of selected models.
15 - Pamphlets for Vincents giving brief descriptions of horse-boxes available and relating specifications.
16 - The House of Vincent.
17 - The King's House. (Book published to commemorate George V's Silver Jubilee and the building of a house for him at Burhill, Surrey by the Royal Warrant Holders Association.)
18 - Schedule of specifications and prices of private cars.
19 - Official programme and related material concerning the 1946 Motor Industry Jubilee.
20 - Copies of patents, with plans, issued to Vincents and other manufacturers relating to improvements in the transportation of horses.
Expand 21 - Original photography and artwork for Vincents 1937 horse-box brochure21 - Original photography and artwork for Vincents 1937 horse-box brochure
22 - Photographs of a Vincents Beckhampton Streamline Super Racing Three horse-box on a normal drive Leyland chassis, built for the Duke of Gloucester.
23 - Photographs of a Vincents Beckhampton Streamline Super Racing Three horse-box on a normal forward-drive chassis, built for King George VI.
24 - Photographs of a Vincents Beckhampton Streamline Super Racing Three horse-box on a forward-drive chassis, built for King George VI and photographed at Cray House, Perthshire.
25 - Photographs of a Vincents three horse-box built for Queen Elizabeth II.
26 - Photographs of an early Vincents motor horse-box, based on a Dennis chassis, and another unidentified Vincents motor horse-box and horse-box trailer, both from the same period. 1921, 1922 & n.d.
27 - Miscellaneous photographs of early Vincents motor horse-boxes, including some purportedly built "at the time of the first World War". 1929, 1927-1929 & n.d.
28 - Photographs of a single horse-box built for the Lambourn Race Horse Transport Service and of a horse ambulance built for the Liverpool branch of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
29 - Photographs of shooting brakes built by Vincents for the Hon. Gerald Portman and Major Fleming.
30 - Miscellaneous photographs of horse-box trailers constructed by Vincents.
31 - Photographs of a Bedford Light three horse-box and also the chassis of a Bedford drop frame low-loader.
32 - Photographs of various three horse-boxes, all based on Leyland chassis.
33 - Photographs of various livestock and agricultural trucks constructed by Vincents. c.1935, 1938, 1939 & n.d.
34 - Miscellaneous photographs, 1937, 1938 & n.d.
35 - Photographs of Vincents display at the 1938 Royal Counties Show, held at Reading and of the Vincents display at an earlier show.
36 - Photographs of a left-hand drive horse-box, built by Vincents on a Renault chassis for the Duc de Valencay, a Vincents horse-box on a Latil [?] chassis [French], and a six horse-trailer and tractor unit built in Belgium.
37 - Photographs of various Vincents horse-boxes, mostly without any descriptions. 1932, 1934, 1935 1937-1939 & n.d.
38 - Mounted photographs of various Vincents horse-boxes.
39 - Miscellaneous horse-box photographs, all apparently used in the preparation of advertising, including one for a 1937 Horse and Hound magazine advertisement.
40 - Photograph taken in September 1936 outside Vincents show rooms in Station Square, Reading, showing three elephants being led into a Vincents Super Three horse-box.
41 - Photograph of a cup won by Vincents for gaining first prize for a three horse-box on a Leyland chassis, in the Special Purpose Bodywork section at the Commercial Motor Show, Olympia.
42 - Photograph of Vincents show room set up to screen a series of films about Austin cars in December 1935.
43 - Photograph of a military horse, possibly from a Scots footguard regiment, in funeral dress.
44 - Large mounted photograph of the Vincents stand at the Hunter and Polo Pony Show, Islington, February 1938.
45 - Photographs of a horse box sling built by Vincents for the Maharajah of Jodhpur in September 1937 and fitted to one of his horse-boxes.
46 - Photographs of horse-boxes constructed by Vincents for the Army, showing two separate orders from 1940 and 1941, the former are fitted to Morris Commercial chassis and the latter to Ministry of Supply Bedford OY chassis.
47 - Photographs of the Vincents-built Artillery Tractor cab and body, which was fitted to an A.E.C. Matador chassis.
48 - Photographs of conversions by Vincents of American White half-track armoured artillery transporters to various military specifications, with an explanation written on the reverse of each.
49 - Photographs (with explanations on reverse) and printed material (including plan) relating to a mobile road research laboratory originally built by Vincents in 1944 for the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research.
50 - Photographs of a Super Streamline Three horse-box built by Vincents on a Daimler chassis for Fred Armstrong on behalf of the Maharajah of Baroda.
51 - Photographs of the first post-war horse-box built by Vincents.
52 - Photographs of the first flying horse-box, fitted out by Vincents in a Miles Aero-Van.
53 - Photographs of various livestock trucks constructed by Vincents, including a "carcass carrying vehicle".
54 - Photographs of the Mac Fisheries Emergency Service trailer.
55 - Photographs of Vincents stands at the International Motor Show, showing a Rolls-Royce Limousine coach built by the firm, and from the Commercial Motor Show, showing a three horse-box.
56 - Photograph of a Vincents Norfolk horse-box.
57 - Two cards mounted with pictures of various Vincents horse-box conversions, including one made for British Railways, and another which was built on an American Ford chassis.
58 - Promotional pictures of the horse box shown in D/EX 1401/55/2-3.
59 - Photograph of the Brighton Comet stage-coach which had been overhauled and repainted by Vincents.
60 - Photographs of Vincents break-down recovery vehicle, based on an Austin five-ton chassis.
61 - Photographs of Vincents Station Square yard (alongside Station Hill), showing a large number of motor-cars and trucks.
62 - Mounted photograph of two Austin-based Vincents horse-boxes.
63 - Two photographs of and correspondence concerning a Vincents horse-box exported to Switzerland.
64 - Various photographs of Vincents horse-boxes, including one for the British Car Auctions Show Jumping Team.
65 - Photograph of the first Vincents `panel' horse-box.
66 - Photograph of Vincents Station Square premises, altered for advertising purposes.
67 - Pen and ink drawing of Vincents Station Square premises, shown from the rear, across the yard.
68 - Pen and ink line drawing of a Vincents horse-box, apparently used for advertising purposes.
69 - Four small pencil drawings, ideas or early proofs for advertisements.
70 - Correspondence and advertising schedules from Vincents advertising agency, Cross-Courtenay Ltd of Manchester.
71 - Original text and advertisement supplied by Vincents for the 1948 Commercial Motor Show catalogue, including the final advertisement and article cut from the catalogue.
72 - Collection of articles from newspapers and magazines relating to Vincents horse-boxes.
73 - Letter to 'Mr Vincent' from S. Westcott, a retired worker at Vincents, reminiscing about the first horse-box to be built in 1912 [for Sol Joel] and enclosing a square of the leather used to line that first box.
74 - Collection of printed invitation cards from Vincents advertising their stands at certain county shows, and also celebrating the launch of new vehicles. n.d [1930s-1950s] & 1948, 1962, 1972.
75 - Collection of various advertisements (proofs and reprints) for Vincents horse-boxes and motor-car sales. n.d. [1930s] & 1931-1933, 1936.

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