1913 ANDERSON ELECTRIC MOTOR VEHICLE TOWN CAR SPORT GOLF DETROIT AUTO AD FC5270

Description: 1913 ANDERSON ELECTRIC MOTOR VEHICLE TOWN CAR SPORT GOLF DETROIT AUTO AD FC5270 Item Condition: **NOTE** : PAGES MAY SHOW AGE WEAR AND IMPERFECTIONS TO MARGINS, WITH CLOSED NICKS AND CUTS, WHICH DO NOT AFFECT AD IMAGE OR TEXT WHEN MATTED AND FRAMED. DATE OF THIS ** ORIGINAL ** ADVERTISEMENT / ADVERT / AD: DATE PRINTED ON ITEM: 1913 GREAT DECOR / ART FOR: HOME OFFICE BUSINESS SHOP STORE CASINO LOFT STUDIO GARAGE SHE SHED SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS/DESCRIPTIVE WORDS: SOCIETY'S TOWN CAR CITY SUBURBAN LIFE MODEL 42: CLEAR-VISION BROUGHAM MODEL 37: EXTENSION CLEAR VISION BROUGHAM MODEL 35: BROUGHAM MODEL 36: BROUGHAM MODEL 39: BUSINESS MAN'S ROADSTER AND MODEL 40: LADIES OPEN VICTORIA ANDERSON CARRIAGE COMPANY AND The Detroit Electric was an electric car produced by the Anderson Electric Car Company in Detroit, Michigan. The company built 13,000 electric cars from 1907 to 1939. William C. Anderson established Anderson & Company in 1884 to produce fine carriages, wholesale carriage hardware, and farm machinery. The company remained in Port Huron until 1895 and when it moved to Detroit at the corner of Clay and Riopelle. A new factory was constructed and Anderson was about to go into the car building business. The first Detroit Electric was designed by George M. Bacon and was ready by June of 1907. A total of 125 units were sold that year. Thousands of vehicles were sold for the next several years. Anderson passed away in 1929 and that event in combination with the Great Depression led to plummeting sales. Soon after, cars were ordered on an individual basis only with much of the coachwork being done by Willys-Overland. After the stock market crash the company was guided by A.O. Dunk who was known for buying the defunct auto company assets of the day including Port Huron's own Havers. He kept the business alive until it faded away in 1939. Anderson had previously been known as the Anderson Carriage Company (until 1911), producing carriages and buggies since 1884. Production of the electric automobile, powered by a rechargeable lead acid battery, began in 1907. For an additional US$600, an Edison nickel-iron battery was available from 1911 to 1916. The cars were advertised as reliably getting 80 miles (130 km) between battery recharging, although in one test a Detroit Electric ran 211.3 miles (340.1 km) on a single charge. Top speed was only about 20 mph (32 km/h), but this was considered adequate for driving within city or town limits at the time. Today, the rare few examples in running condition that are still privately owned can have difficulty being licensed in some countries due to their very low speed. Today, due to time has taken a toll on the efficiency of the motors, and due to having to use batteries that are not as powerful or efficient as the original batteries - as modern car batteries are not intended for continued output - many are only able to achieve their advertised top speed downhill or with favorable winds. Cars in running condition only are operated uncommonly, and for short distances. Running cars weigh more than they were built to, because owners will install roughly 14 car batteries, and a balancing charger, rather than the original batteries that weighed much less. Cars today must have their battery sets changed relatively frequently. For example, a private owner who is only the 3rd owner of his car, has changed batteries 3 times since purchasing his vehicle in 1988. The Detroit Electric was mainly sold to women drivers and physicians who desired the dependable and immediate start without the physically demanding hand cranking of the engine that was required with early internal combustion engine autos. A statement of the car's refinement was subtly made to the public through its design which included the first use of curved window glass in a production automobile, an expensive and complex feature to produce. The company production was at its peak in the 1910s selling around 1000 to 2000 cars a year. Towards the end of the decade, the Electric was helped by the high price of gasoline during World War I. In 1920, the name of the Anderson company was changed to "The Detroit Electric Car Company" as the car maker separated from the body business (it became part of Murray Body) and the motor/controller business (Elwell-Parker). As improved internal combustion engine automobiles became more common and inexpensive, sales of the Electric dropped in the 1920s, but the company stayed in business producing Detroit Electrics until after the stock market crash of 1929. The company filed for bankruptcy, but was acquired and kept in business on a more limited scale for some years, building cars in response to special orders. The last Detroit Electric was shipped on February 23, 1939, (though they were still available until 1942), but in its final years the cars were manufactured only in very small numbers. Between 1907 and 1939 a total of 13,000 electric cars were built. Notable people who owned Detroit Electrics cars included Thomas Edison, Lizzie Borden, Charles Proteus Steinmetz, Mamie Eisenhower, and John D. Rockefeller Jr. who had a pair of Model 46 roadsters. Clara Ford, the wife of Henry Ford, drove Detroit Electrics from 1908, when Henry bought her a Model C coupe with a special child seat, through the late teens. Her third car was a 1914 Model 47 brougham. Genzo Shimazu, founder of the Japanese battery company Japan Storage Battery Co. (known today as GS Yuasa), imported two Detroit Electric cars shortly after starting the company in 1917. Using his own batteries, he drove them around Tokyo to demonstrate the effectiveness of battery technology. Shimazu used them as daily drivers for 29 years until his retirement in 1946. With a return of interest in electric vehicles at the beginning of the 21st century, GS Yuasa restored one of the vehicles to running condition with a modern lithium-ion 24-volt battery in 2009, registering the date, May 20, as Electric Car Day in Japan. Detroit Electrics can be seen in various automobile museums, such as the Forney Transportation Museum in Denver, Colorado; Belgian AutoWorld Museum in Brussels; The Henry Ford in Dearborn, Michigan; and the Museum Autovision in Altlußheim, Germany. A restored and operational Detroit Electric, owned by Union College, is located in the Edison Tech Center in Schenectady, NY. Another restored and operational 1914 with the Edison battery option (Nickel-Iron vs. Lead Acid) is located at the National Automobile Museum in Reno, Nevada. One 1914 model Is also located, restored and fully operational, near Frankenmuth, Michigan and another is at the Motor Museum of Western Australia in Perth, Australia, a 1914 Brougham in excellent condition. ILLUSTRATOR/ARTIST: UNKNOWN ADVERT SIZE: SEE PHOTO FOR DIMENSIONS (ALL DIMENSIONS IN INCHES) **For multiple purchases please wait for our combined invoice. Shipping discount are ONLY available with this method. Thank You. 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