Description and research notes
Original 1950 letterhead from Jamil Fawzi El-Motei, official Oldsmobile and Vauxhall service agent in Cairo. The header displays two photographic views of the agency’s modern showroom—one daytime, one illuminated at night—flanking the bilingual workshop identification. The agency operated branches in Abbassia and Heliopolis, serving Egypt’s rapidly expanding post-war automotive market.
This sheet documents service performed on a 1950 Oldsmobile Super 88, with chassis and engine numbers recorded in Arabic script and authenticated with the company’s violet oval stamp. El-Motei was one of Egypt’s foremost General Motors agents, and his letterheads are some of the finest automotive ephemera from the early 1950s, reflecting the intersection of American automotive culture and Cairo’s commercial modernism.
Such fully illustrated dealership letterheads are rarely preserved, particularly complete with mechanical work descriptions and internal signature. This is a premier artifact of Egypt’s mid-century automotive era and an anchor piece for any study of foreign-brand dealership networks in North Africa.