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| Advertisement | Baker Electric Automobiles (1908) |
| Brand Name/Product | Baker Electric |
| Company/Advertising Agency | Baker Motor Vehicle Company (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| Publication Source | Moore Theater program, p. 24 |
| Publisher Location | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Publication Date | December 20, 1908
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| Advertisement Text | The speedy Model "M" Roadster, with large battery equipment. If you are interested in electrics, you had a better wait a couple of weeks, for the W.C. Stetson Co. has a carload of the Baker Roadsters, Runabouts, Coupes, and Victorias now en route from the factory. Shop, garage, charging station, supplies, livery service. |
| Contextual Notes | A year after he built an electric-powered car, Walter C. Baker founded the Baker Motor Vehicle Company in 1898. Baker is credited with introducing the left-handed steering system. Thomas Edison was one of the first people to purchase a Baker Electric automobile.
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| Category | Automobiles, carriages and wagons
Transportation and communication |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Electric automobiles; Automobile dealerships--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Geographic Coverage | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
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| Digital Collection | Early Advertising |
| Digital ID Number | ADV0026 |
| 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. |
