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Interior of Battery Factory

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Description: French Battery and Carbon Company, later known as Rayovac. The old circle belt in the Madison plant.
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Radio-Controlled Farmall F-30 Tractor

Date: 1931
Description: Operator J.J. Lynch inspects the wiring on a radio-controlled McCormick-Deering Farmall F-30 tractor at a fair.
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Crowd Watches Demonstration of Radio-Controlled Tractor

Date: 1931
Description: Crowd watching a demonstration of a radio-controlled McCormick-Deering Farmall F-30 tractor at an agricultural exhibition or fair.
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Burgess Battery

Date: 1925
Description: Man attaching the leads of a Burgess battery to a light bulb.
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Burgess Battery Company Truck

Date: 1941
Description: An International truck used by the Burgess Battery Company is parked on a drive with trees and road in the background.
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Orlando Utilities Truck

Date: 1935
Description: An International C-1 pickup truck parked at a loading area of the Orlando Utilities Commission building. Three men stand inside the building to load what a...
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Loading Boxes from French Battery Company onto Railroad Cars

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Description: Two men loading boxes of batteries onto railroad cars with a conveyor belt. French Battery later became Ray-O-Vac Corporation.
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Woman and Child with Electric Washer

Date: 1931
Description: A woman and a girl are using an electric washing machine to clean clothing or bedsheets in a basement. The machine is powered by a DELCO-Light Plant system...
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Minnie May's New "Woods" Electric Car

Date: 07 19 1911
Description: Minnie May Rumsey is standing beside her new Waverley electric car made by the Woods Motor Vehicle Company. Her father Captain I.P. Rumsey, a Civil War vet...
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Decoration Day

Date: 05 30 1912
Description: 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. Sp...
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The Electric

Date: 07 24 1913
Description: The entire Holt family, except photographer Lucy Rumsey Holt, is squeezing into the car. Lucy Rumsey Holt was the principal driver of this electric car. Na...
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New Waverly

Date: 04 09 1911
Description: Lucy Rumsey Holt is driving her new electric car with her husband, W.A. Holt, who is sitting in the passenger seat.

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