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- "Automobile Lamps," Gray & Davis, 1909 - Early automobile lamps functioned more as a warning to other people on the road than as an aid to the driver. Kerosene oil and acetylene gas were both used to fuel lamps early in the 20th century, until electric lamps became common in the 1910s. This catalog shows a variety of lamps manufactured by Gray & Davis of Amesbury, Massachusetts.
- 1909
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"Automobile Lamps," Gray & Davis, 1909
Early automobile lamps functioned more as a warning to other people on the road than as an aid to the driver. Kerosene oil and acetylene gas were both used to fuel lamps early in the 20th century, until electric lamps became common in the 1910s. This catalog shows a variety of lamps manufactured by Gray & Davis of Amesbury, Massachusetts.
- "Gray & Davis Inc., Manufacturers of Lamps, Dynamos and Starting Motors for Automobiles," 1916 - William Gray and Albert Davis formed Gray & Davis, Inc. in 1896, making lamps for motor cars. The Massachusetts based company expanded over the years to become a pioneer manufacturer of automobile electrical equipment. The company produced this catalog in 1916 to exhibit the range of their products: lamps, dynamos, and starting motors.
- 1916
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"Gray & Davis Inc., Manufacturers of Lamps, Dynamos and Starting Motors for Automobiles," 1916
William Gray and Albert Davis formed Gray & Davis, Inc. in 1896, making lamps for motor cars. The Massachusetts based company expanded over the years to become a pioneer manufacturer of automobile electrical equipment. The company produced this catalog in 1916 to exhibit the range of their products: lamps, dynamos, and starting motors.