Photograph
Decoration Day
| Three girls are decorating Lucy Rumsey Holt's electric car with American flags for Decoration Day, possibly for a parade. Jeannette Holt is on the left. Spotty, the Holt family dog, is in the foreground. |
| Image ID: | 145453 |
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| Creation Date: | 05 30 1912 |
| Creator Name: | Holt, Lucy |
| City: | Oconto |
| County: | Oconto |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Lucy Holt photo albums, 1895-1936 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | M2018-012, Album 7 |
| Original Dimensions: | 4 x 3 inches |
| This electric car is a Waverley Victoria Phaeton 1911, manufactured by the Woods Company, Indianapolis, Indiana. "Powered by a 60 VDC, 4-speed, 3.5 HP electric motor, its top speed was 20 MPH with a range advertised to be anywhere from 30 to 140 miles depending on conditions. Both the front and rear trunks were primarily used for battery cell storage. The manufacturer list price was $1,750." Source: Oconto County Historical Society exhibit. Lucy Rumsey Holt's father was a Civil War veteran. Part of another photograph overlaps the upper left corner. |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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