1912 Baker Electrics Advertisement, "The Car that Brought Them All to Shaft Drive"
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This 1912 advertisement praised the "well known efficiency" of Baker Motor Vehicle Company's electric automobiles. Similar ads from the period touted the Baker electric vehicles as simple to use, reliable, safe, clean, and elegantly styled. Sales of "electrics," however, were beginning to decline. Gasoline-powered vehicles with internal combustion engines were beginning to dominate the market.
This 1912 advertisement praised the "well known efficiency" of Baker Motor Vehicle Company's electric automobiles. Similar ads from the period touted the Baker electric vehicles as simple to use, reliable, safe, clean, and elegantly styled. Sales of "electrics," however, were beginning to decline. Gasoline-powered vehicles with internal combustion engines were beginning to dominate the market.
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Date Made
18 April 1912
Subject Date
18 April 1912
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.657.40
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Printing (Process)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 11 in
Width: 9 in
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