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The twisting and winding history of electric cars is as complex as the wiring used to make them. Please browse the gallery below for all the images and videos related to the exhibition. Click on an item to see an enlarged image with description or to play the video clip.
Seventeen people of all ages in Edwardian dress sit in an open-topped electric carriage.
A well-dressed man seated in an open-topped two-seater electric car in front of a stone building covered in ivy.
Two boxy, carriage-like motor vehicles are parked in front of a stone building, with drivers relaxing in their seats. Signs on both vehicles read PARKER'S DYE WORKS.
Black and white photograph of a well-dressed woman sitting in an open-topped electric car resembling a carriage.
Black and white advertisement with drawings of a chauffeured automobile, and images of Washington landmarks. Headline reads Columbia Automobiles are used by people of discriminating judgement and refined taste.
Black and white advertisement showing a man and a woman riding an electric car down a country lane. Headline reads Autumn Days/ Isn't this a convincing argument that you should own a Pope Waverley Electric.
Black and white photograph of four men and a baby posed in an open-topped car, with six women and girls watching from behind a white picket fence in the background.
Advertisement showing a doctored photograph of three well-dressed women sitting in an electric car. Headline reads Woods Electrics: Built in Chicago / Best by Test.
Advertising of a boxy electric car. Headline reads “McLaughlin Electrics on Rauch & Lang Chassis”
A four-door electric car shaped like a carriage, with a diagram showing the five interior seats. Headline reads SILENT WAVERLEY ELECTRIC 1912
Two electric cars displayed next to each other in an exhibit space. The smaller is fitted with a sign reading THE FIRST MOTOR VEHICLE.
Black and white photograph of an electric car that has partially driven off a bridge in snowy weather. The car is surrounded by a crowd of police officers and onlookers.
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