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- 1916 Milburn Electric Advertisement, "Milburn Light Electric...The Greatest Electric Success Ever Known" - Between 1915 and 1923, the Milburn Wagon Company manufactured about 4,000 of these quiet, clean, stylish electric cars. They were considered perfect for women when compared to gasoline cars, which were considered noisy, smelly, and difficult to operate. But they could also be prohibitively expensive, slow, and difficult for climbing hills -- and they ran out of power much more quickly.
- September 01, 1916
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1916 Milburn Electric Advertisement, "Milburn Light Electric...The Greatest Electric Success Ever Known"
Between 1915 and 1923, the Milburn Wagon Company manufactured about 4,000 of these quiet, clean, stylish electric cars. They were considered perfect for women when compared to gasoline cars, which were considered noisy, smelly, and difficult to operate. But they could also be prohibitively expensive, slow, and difficult for climbing hills -- and they ran out of power much more quickly.