Service Attendant Selling Battery to Customer, Garvis Brothers Service Station, August 1936
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Artifact Overview
Ford sold car batteries as part of its accessories program. Dry-cell batteries were marketed with 13 plates, 15 plates or 17 plates per cell. More plates meant a higher ampere-hours rating. Customers could trade in old batteries toward the purchase of new ones. The Ford-branded batteries were made by Electric Battery Company and Willard Storage Battery Company.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
28 August 1936
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.66651.A
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.000 in
Width: 11.000 in
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