Woods Dual Power Vehicles Catalog, 1916

Summary

This 1916 catalog showcases the Woods Dual-Power automobile. Batteries and gasoline powered the vehicle. The Woods Motor Vehicle Company hoped to draw in buyers with the best of both power sources. It didn't work. The company failed a few years later.

This 1916 catalog showcases the Woods Dual-Power automobile. Batteries and gasoline powered the vehicle. The Woods Motor Vehicle Company hoped to draw in buyers with the best of both power sources. It didn't work. The company failed a few years later.

Artifact

Trade catalog

Date Made

1916

Subject Date

1916

Creators

Woods Motor Vehicle Company 

Place of Creation

United States, Illinois, Chicago 

Creator Notes

Made for the Woods Motor Vehicle Company, Chicago, Illinois

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

92.150.9666

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Family of Henry Austin Clark, Jr.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard

Technique

Printing (Process)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)
Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 8 in.

Width: 6.125 in.

Inscriptions

Cover: Woods / DUAL POWER Handwritten inside cover: H.S. Baldwin Title page: [logo]GASOLINE / ELECTRICITY / WOODS DUAL POWER WOODS MOTOR VEHICLE COMPANY / TWENTY-FIFTH STREET AT CALUMET / AND COTTAGE GROVE AVENUES / CHICAGO ILLINOIS / DEALERS IN PRINCIPAL CITIES

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