Dual Brand Parking Meter, circa 1948
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By the 1920s, automobile parking in cities was chaotic. Parking meters, introduced in Oklahoma City in 1935, proved to be the workable and enforceable solution. Carl Magee, inventor of the parking meter with help from local engineering professors and college students, named his company "Dual" -- supposedly because parking meters served the dual purpose of controlling parking and generating revenue.
By the 1920s, automobile parking in cities was chaotic. Parking meters, introduced in Oklahoma City in 1935, proved to be the workable and enforceable solution. Carl Magee, inventor of the parking meter with help from local engineering professors and college students, named his company "Dual" -- supposedly because parking meters served the dual purpose of controlling parking and generating revenue.
Artifact
Parking meter
Date Made
circa 1948
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
79.17.2
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of City of Detroit Meter Shop.
Material
Metal
Inscriptions
Front: INSERT COIN / 60 MINUTES / PARKING [illegible] / DETROIT Back: DUAL / DB 93
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