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Early electric automobiles

Battery-powered vehicles competed with steam and gasoline cars on American streets. Newspaper pages from 1900 to 1902 on a map and timeline.

US News Map searches Chronicling America, the Library of Congress collection of digitized American newspapers, and maps every matching page by where and when it was printed. Play the timeline to watch a word or a story move across the country.

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23,766,177 pages from 4,691 newspapers, 1736–1963.

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908 matching newspaper pages in total. Washington, DC has the most hits (432 pages). Showing up to 10 earliest results from this city.

  1. Evening Star — 1900-03-03, page 20

    The Library of Congress text does not contain the match. It was found in American Stories (Dell et al. 2023), a second machine reading of the scans. OCR credits.

    These excerpts come from American Stories OCR.

    … engagement without break. Minnie Madden Fiske has had an exciting experience with electric automobile in Chicago. The auto was in charge of an inexperienced operator. After he had backed …

    … You came To New York; Minnie Maddern Ffske has had an exciting experience with an electric automobile in Chicago. The auto was In charge of an inexperienced operator. After he had backed …

  2. Evening Star — 1900-04-07, page 8

    … contractors were omitted, thereby reflecting upon them. The firms invited to make bids Electric Automobile 3er."Iee. Objects to Character of the Plays. are from surrounding cities. The act …

  3. The Times — 1900-04-20, page 1

    … he promised Junior Hobart in Washington that he would go riding with him In his electric automobile The Hobart automobile is of the latest type an electric two seated affair Tor tomorrow …

  4. Evening Star — 1900-05-07, page 4

    … John Lane, wvith portrait; cloth, 12. mo., uncut, aoI pages. Price, $1.20. The Electric Automobile, its con struction, care and operation, by C. E. Wood. Illustrated. 12 mo., cloth …

  5. The Evening Times — 1900-05-12, page 5

    … light plants and good streets, and aiso for delivery and juxury weaicles. “The electric automobile seems to be preferred to the benzine automobile on ac count of its mych simpler …

    … the public has a preference for all are sufficient to assure preference for the electric automobile. “The benzine automobile is used princi pally for transporting heavy loads, where …

  6. The Times — 1900-05-13, page 17

    The Library of Congress text does not contain the match. It was found in American Stories (Dell et al. 2023), a second machine reading of the scans. OCR credits.

    These excerpts come from American Stories OCR.

    … typfed by his unconscious caress Of sleeping cat, curled up a chair beside him, The Electric Automobile: Its Constructon, Care. and Operation" by c. E. Woods, E. l., NJ E., is a little …

  7. Evening Star — 1900-05-21, page 16

    The Library of Congress text does not contain the match. It was found in American Stories (Dell et al. 2023), a second machine reading of the scans. OCR credits.

    These excerpts come from American Stories OCR.

    … New York avenue and 18th street and depot Telephone ticket offices for Il. and o. Electric Automobile Cabs F. D. UNDERWOOD. H. B. MARTIN I'd Vice President Mgr. Pass. Traffic. and Gen …

  8. Evening Star — 1900-05-22, page 16

    The Library of Congress text does not contain the match. It was found in American Stories (Dell et al. 2023), a second machine reading of the scans. OCR credits.

    These excerpts come from American Stories OCR.

    … York avenue ana 10th street and depot, Telephone ticket offices for Il. and o. Electric Automobile Cabs +. D. UNDERWOOD, D. r. MARTIN ID Vice President Mgr. Pass Traffic and Gen. …

  9. Evening Star — 1900-05-24, page 16

    The Library of Congress text does not contain the match. It was found in American Stories (Dell et al. 2023), a second machine reading of the scans. OCR credits.

    These excerpts come from American Stories OCR.

    … York avenue and 18th street and at depot Telephone ticket offices for Is. and o. Electric Automobile Cabs. +. II. UNDERWOOD u. b. MARTIN ID Vice President Mgr Pass Traffic ana Gen …

  10. Evening Star — 1900-05-25, page 16

    The Library of Congress text does not contain the match. It was found in American Stories (Dell et al. 2023), a second machine reading of the scans. OCR credits.

    These excerpts come from American Stories OCR.

    … York avenue and 18th street and ut depot. Telephone ticket Offices for Il. and o. Electric Automobile Cabs +. u. UNDERWOOD. D. r. MARTIN I'd Vice President Mgr Pass Trotic and Gen Manager …

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