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| Advertisement | Aerocar (1907) |
| Company/Advertising Agency | Aerocar Motor Company |
| Publication Source | The week-end, Vol 2 (17), p. 10 |
| Publisher | Every Saturday Publishing Company |
| Publisher Location | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Publication Date | April 27, 1907
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| Advertisement Text | The speediest, most powerful and smoothest runabout made in America. 20-horsepower. Beautifully finished in French gray, and upholstered in red leather. The smartest and most graceful looking car yet seen on the streets of Seattle. $2,150.00...Agents for the Carter Light Delivery Wagons and the Reliance Motor Trucks. More efficient towards preventing cruelty to horses than all the societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals...Geo. E, Rust, Agent. |
| Contextual Notes | In 1905, entrepreneur Alexander Malcolmson formed the Aerocar Motor Company. He was forced to sell his holdings in the Ford Motor Company in 1906, because the Aerocar competed directly with Ford's Model K. In 1908, the company went under and Malcolmson went back to the lucrative coal business.
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| Category | Automobiles, carriages and wagons Cost and standard of living Transportation and communication |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Automobiles; Automobile dealerships--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Geographic Coverage | United States
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| Digital Collection | Early Advertising |
| Digital ID Number | ADV0007 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Pacific Northwest Collection. 979.743 WE |
| Object Type | Advertisement |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from text at 200-400 dpi, saved in TIFF format, enhanced and resized using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm software's JPEG2000 Extension. 2008 |