1914 Simplex Automobile in an Automobile Show in Devon, Pennsylvania, October 1953

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Artifact Overview

The Simplex Automobile Company, formed in New York in 1907, produced some of the best-built and most powerful early American cars. Simplex purchased the Crane Motor Car Company of New Jersey in 1915. Crane-Simplex ended automobile production during World War I -- a temporary situation that became permanent when the company's assets were sold in 1922.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

October 1953

Subject Date

October 1953

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

92.1.1774.591

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Family of Henry Austin Clark, Jr.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 7.5 in
Width: 9.5 in

1914 Simplex Automobile in an Automobile Show in Devon, Pennsylvania, October 1953