Clear Vision Sleet Remover, circa 1920
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Artifact Overview
The Clear Vision Sleet Remover promised to melt sleet and frost from a car's windshield using heat from a candle flame -- an optimistic promise, no doubt. The device was mounted to the inside of the windshield using the suction cup on the front, while the curved reflector in back was intended to direct the candle's heat to the glass.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Windshield defroster
Date Made
circa 1920
Creators
Place of Creation
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
87.51.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of David Brownell.
Material
Tin (Metal)
Rubber (Material)
Paint (Coating)
Color
Red
Dimensions
Height: 6.25 in
Width: 1.75 in
Inscriptions
Paper label on back of reflector reads: clear vision sleet remover /H.S. Kilgore & Co. / Charlemont, Mass. USA / (Pat. Pend.) (label not present, 3/30/2011, jli)
Impressed into suction cup: PRIM
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