Baker Electric Automobile, 1900

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Artifact Overview

Walter C. Baker and F. Philip Dorn co-founded Baker Motor Vehicle Company in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1899. From the start, the company specialized in electric vehicles. The electric runabout in this photo was priced at $850. Baker production continued until 1916, by which time gasoline-powered vehicles with internal combustion engines were dominating the market.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1901

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1671.P.O.16440

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in