"Oldsmobile Runabout - 1900"

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Artifact Overview

This postcard, featuring an illustration of a 1900 Oldsmobile runabout, was published by the Autoprints company of New York. Postcards like this were sold to visitors at Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village in the 1950s. Ransom Olds established Olds Motor Works in 1897. The company's little Curved Dash Oldsmobile pioneered the concept of an inexpensive mass-produced car.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Postcard

Date Made

1952

Subject Date

1900

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

87.135.1045

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Automobile Club of Michigan.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Printing (Process)

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 3.5 in
Width: 5.5 in