Sales Catalog for Baker Electric Shaft Driven Automobiles, 1911

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Artifact Overview

The Baker Motor Vehicle Company produced this elaborately folded catalog to tout the quality of its electric vehicles. The company praised their automobile's modern shaft drive, its all-around efficiency, and its safety, comfort and low cost of operation. By mid-decade, however, sales of "electrics" were in decline. Gasoline-powered vehicles with internal combustion engines were dominating the market.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Trade catalog

Date Made

1911

Subject Date

1911

Creator Notes

Published for the Baker Motor Vehicle Company of Cleveland, Ohio.

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

41.368.5

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of C. H. Miller.

Material

Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Photomechanical processes

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 12 in
Width: 9 in
Depth: 0.25 in

Inscriptions

Printed on front cover: BAKER ELECTRICS