Detroit Electric, 1925 [automobile] – Vintage Print
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(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Detroit Electric, 1925 [automobile]. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Detroit Electric, 1925 [automobile]
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A 1925 Detroit Electric, one of the battery-powered cars built in Detroit, is the subject here, and the print carries a notice from the Grogan Photo Company of Danville, Illinois. Detroit Electric sold its quiet, easy-to-start cars for roughly three decades, and in the 1920s it aimed much of its marketing at women and city drivers, while most gasoline cars still required hand cranking. The record dates the print to about 1944, though that date and the caption details are unverified, so the photograph is best read as a glimpse of the car's styling and of an era when electric vehicles were still a real choice.
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | c1944. |
| Subjects | Copyright by The Grogan Photo Company, Danville, Ill. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Automobile--1925; Autos--1925; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,232 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-137259 |
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