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| Advertisement | Detroit Electric Automobiles (1917) |
| Brand Name/Product | Detroit Electric |
| Company/Advertising Agency | Anderson Electric Car Company |
| Publication Source | Moore Theater program |
| Publisher Location | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Publication Date | November 11, 1917
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| Advertisement Text | Ladies, be patriotic - drive your own Detroit Electric and avoid the use of gasoline, oil and chauffers, now needed by the government. Electric Vehicle Company. |
| Contextual Notes | Previously a carriage and buggy company, the Anderson Electric Car Company began producing electric automobiles in 1907. Sales remained steady due to high gasoline prices during World War I, but improved internal combustion engine automobiles eventually forced the company out of business by 1939.
Electric cars were supposedly preferred by women because they did not emit exhaust fumes and they did not require cranking.
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| Category | Automobiles, carriages and wagons
Transportation and communication
Women's issues
Patriotism |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Electric automobiles; Automobile dealerships--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Women in advertising |
| Geographic Coverage | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
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| Digital Collection | Early Advertising |
| Digital ID Number | ADV0101 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Pacific Northwest Collection. |
| Object Type | Advertisement |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original text or image at 300 dpi saved in TIFF format, resized and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm software's JPEG2000 Extension. 2008. |
