Detroit Electric auto on promotional tour through mountains from Seattle to Mt. Rainier (LOC)

In addition to the electric car, what's the other technology shadowing the auto in this picture?

 

This is one of the featured photos in the “Not an Ostrich” exhibition currently on display in Los Angeles, California. Read more about the exhibition in our Picture This blog post, “Not an Ostrich”—Exhibition of Library of Congress Photos.”

 

See more examples of electric cars in our Picture This blog post, Caught Our Eyes: It’s Electric!

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Cress-Dale Photo Co., photographer.

 

Detroit Electric auto on promotional tour through mountains from Seattle to Mt. Rainier .

 

[Seattle] : [Cress-Dale Photo Co., Crary Bldg], [1919]

 

1 photograph : gelatin silver print on cardboard mount ; sheet 24 x 19 cm, mount 36 x 28 cm.

 

Summary: Photograph shows electric car produced for Anderson Electric Car Co. traveling on a mountain road through a burned forest.

 

Notes:

• J236223 U.S. Copyright Office.

• Title devised by Library staff.

• No. 191430.

• Exhibited as a digital copy in: "Not an Ostrich: And Other Images from America's Library" at the Annenberg Space for Photography, 2018; Photographers section.

 

Subjects:

• Anderson Electric Car Co.--Products--Washington (State)--1910-1920.

• Anderson Electric Car Co.--Public relations--Washington (State)--1910-1920.

• Electric automobiles--Washington (State)--1910-1920.

 

Format:

Photographic prints--1910-1920.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.41739

 

Call Number: LOT 5968 [item]

 

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