1916 Milburn Electric Advertisement, "Milburn Light Electric...The Greatest Electric Success Ever Known"

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Artifact Overview

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.

Artifact Details

Artifact

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Date Made

September 1916

Creator Notes

Published in Country Life in America magazine.

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.657.580

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 14.188 in
Width: 9.75 in

1916 Milburn Electric Advertisement, "Milburn Light Electric...The Greatest Electric Success Ever Known"