1911 Baker Electrics Advertisement, "The Product of 14 Years' Experience"
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Artifact Overview
This 1911 advertisement praised the Baker Motor Vehicle Company's fourteen years of "invention and achievement" as an electric car manufacturer. Similar ads touted the vehicle's other advantages. Baker electrics were simple to use, reliable, safe, clean, and elegantly styled -- qualities implied by the ad's artwork.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Advertisement
Date Made
20 April 1911
Subject Date
20 April 1911
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.657.35
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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