Milburn Light Electric, April 1916

Between 1915 and 1923, the Milburn Wagon Company manufactured about 4,000 of these quiet, clean, stylish electric cars. They were considered perfect for women when compared to gasoline cars, which were considered noisy, smelly, and difficult to operate. But they could also be prohibitively expensive, slow, and difficult for climbing hills -- and they ran out of power much more quickly.