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- 2011 Ford Escape+Hybrid Sales Brochure - Ford introduced the Escape for 2001. It represented the growing trend toward crossover vehicles combining elements of an SUV and a traditional sedan. For 2004 Ford offered a hybrid gas-electric Escape -- the company's first hybrid vehicle. This brochure promoted the 2011 Ford Escape Hybrid, which boasted a city fuel economy rating of up to 34 miles per gallon.
- 2011
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2011 Ford Escape+Hybrid Sales Brochure
Ford introduced the Escape for 2001. It represented the growing trend toward crossover vehicles combining elements of an SUV and a traditional sedan. For 2004 Ford offered a hybrid gas-electric Escape -- the company's first hybrid vehicle. This brochure promoted the 2011 Ford Escape Hybrid, which boasted a city fuel economy rating of up to 34 miles per gallon.
- Toyota Prius Hybrid Advertisement, 2002 - The automobile is a paradox -- a practical tool that plays host to both human needs and fantasies. Like car consumers, automotive ads seem to land somewhere between fantasy and reality, emotions and rationality. Many ads incorporate apparent opposites: fantasy can sell practicality, and vice versa. Sometimes the car has disappeared completely -- an emotional appeal prompts us to complete the ad.
- July 01, 2002
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Toyota Prius Hybrid Advertisement, 2002
The automobile is a paradox -- a practical tool that plays host to both human needs and fantasies. Like car consumers, automotive ads seem to land somewhere between fantasy and reality, emotions and rationality. Many ads incorporate apparent opposites: fantasy can sell practicality, and vice versa. Sometimes the car has disappeared completely -- an emotional appeal prompts us to complete the ad.
- Pioneer Seed Corn Sack, 1935-1970 -
- 1935-1970
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Pioneer Seed Corn Sack, 1935-1970
- 1916 Woods Dual-Power Hybrid Coupe - In 1916, gasoline was cheap, and no one cared about tailpipe emissions. But this hybrid wasn't about fuel prices or pollution. Woods Motor Vehicle Company built it to capture new customers. Sales of the company's electric cars were falling as more people chose gasoline-burning cars. The Dual-Power supposedly combined the best of both, but customers disagreed. The car and the company disappeared in 1918.
- 1916
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1916 Woods Dual-Power Hybrid Coupe
In 1916, gasoline was cheap, and no one cared about tailpipe emissions. But this hybrid wasn't about fuel prices or pollution. Woods Motor Vehicle Company built it to capture new customers. Sales of the company's electric cars were falling as more people chose gasoline-burning cars. The Dual-Power supposedly combined the best of both, but customers disagreed. The car and the company disappeared in 1918.
- Toyota Prius Hybrid Advertisement, 2001 - The automobile is a paradox -- a practical tool that plays host to both human needs and fantasies. Like car consumers, automotive ads seem to land somewhere between fantasy and reality, emotions and rationality. Many ads incorporate apparent opposites: fantasy can sell practicality, and vice versa. Sometimes the car has disappeared completely -- an emotional appeal prompts us to complete the ad.
- 2001
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Toyota Prius Hybrid Advertisement, 2001
The automobile is a paradox -- a practical tool that plays host to both human needs and fantasies. Like car consumers, automotive ads seem to land somewhere between fantasy and reality, emotions and rationality. Many ads incorporate apparent opposites: fantasy can sell practicality, and vice versa. Sometimes the car has disappeared completely -- an emotional appeal prompts us to complete the ad.
- TN 97LC Hybrid Burley Tobacco Seed in Bottle, 2021 -
- 2021
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TN 97LC Hybrid Burley Tobacco Seed in Bottle, 2021
- Stanford Ovshinsky's Hydrogen-Powered Hybrid Prius Car, 2009 - The Prius pictured here is not your typical gasoline-electric hybrid car. Stanford Ovshinsky, an innovator for renewable resources, replaced the standard gasoline fuel tank with a hydrogen fuel tank. The change from gasoline to hydrogen fuel results in a vehicle that releases only water through the exhaust instead of carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and oxides of nitrogen.
- April 01, 2009
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Stanford Ovshinsky's Hydrogen-Powered Hybrid Prius Car, 2009
The Prius pictured here is not your typical gasoline-electric hybrid car. Stanford Ovshinsky, an innovator for renewable resources, replaced the standard gasoline fuel tank with a hydrogen fuel tank. The change from gasoline to hydrogen fuel results in a vehicle that releases only water through the exhaust instead of carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and oxides of nitrogen.
- 1915 Owen Magnetic Touring Car - The Owen Magnetic had no mechanical connection between its engine and driveshaft. Power was sent from the gasoline engine to the wheels through a magnetic clutch and an electric motor. The result, in effect, was an automatic transmission with no clutch pedal to push and no gears to shift. But the complex system was expensive, and the company fell into receivership in 1920.
- 1915
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1915 Owen Magnetic Touring Car
The Owen Magnetic had no mechanical connection between its engine and driveshaft. Power was sent from the gasoline engine to the wheels through a magnetic clutch and an electric motor. The result, in effect, was an automatic transmission with no clutch pedal to push and no gears to shift. But the complex system was expensive, and the company fell into receivership in 1920.
- 2002 Toyota Prius Sedan - Hybrid automobiles improve fuel efficiency and reduce tailpipe emissions compared with standard internal combustion-powered cars. Hybrids use small internal combustion engines and battery-powered electric motors. Powerful computers and sophisticated software coordinate the smooth, seamless transfer of power between the two units. This Prius is one of Toyota's first-generation hybrids, introduced in the United States in 2000.
- 2002
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2002 Toyota Prius Sedan
Hybrid automobiles improve fuel efficiency and reduce tailpipe emissions compared with standard internal combustion-powered cars. Hybrids use small internal combustion engines and battery-powered electric motors. Powerful computers and sophisticated software coordinate the smooth, seamless transfer of power between the two units. This Prius is one of Toyota's first-generation hybrids, introduced in the United States in 2000.
- Fredonia Seed Company "Cucumber," Seed Packet, circa 1996 -
- circa 1996
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Fredonia Seed Company "Cucumber," Seed Packet, circa 1996