File:Carrie Rodgers standing near electric car, 1918 (MOHAI 4436).jpg
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English: Carrie Rodgers standing near electric car, 1918 ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Title |
English: Carrie Rodgers standing near electric car, 1918 |
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English: Quieter and easier to drive than gas powered vehicles, electric cars became popular from the mid-19th to the early 20th century. Several developments led to the decline in popularity of the electric car: as roads improved in the 1920s, people preferred vehicles capable of longer trips; the invention of the electric starter in 1912 eliminated the difficult hand-crank starter; gasoline prices dropped, and mass production made internal combustion vehicles more economical. Carrie Rodgers was the wife of David Rodgers, a master shipfitter who managed the Skinner & Eddy Corp. shipyard in Seattle from around 1916 until 1919. The car was apparently a gift from Lee Skinner, probably the wife of David Skinner, co-founder of Skinner & Eddy. The monogram “CR” is visible on the car door. Writing on verso: 1918, electric car, presented Mrs. Rodgers, Mrs. Lee Skinner of Skinner [illeg—Shipyard?] Building Writing on photo: Cress-Cale Photo Co., Crary Bldg, Seattle
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Depicted place |
English: United States—Washington (State)—Seattle |
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Date |
1918 date QS:P571,+1918-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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English: 1 photographic print: b&w |
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height: 7.5 in (19 cm); width: 9.5 in (24.1 cm) dimensions QS:P2048,7.5U218593 dimensions QS:P2049,9.5U218593 |
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institution QS:P195,Q219563 |
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English: Museum of History and Industry |
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Credit Line InfoField | Collection on David Rodgers, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
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