[D0401-F] (D-04-01) Automobile
Item set
Title
Description
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the design and operation of automobiles and the use of storage batteries in electric vehicles. Included is correspondence with manufacturers such as the Olds Motor Works and the Pope Motor Car Co., regarding the use of Edison's storage batteries and electric motors in automobiles and light trucks. There are also letters to and from Levi C. Weir of the Adams Express Co. and Alexander Churchward and others at the General Electric Co.
Approximately 50 percent of the documents have been selected. The items not selected consist primarily of correspondence regarding materials used in electric and gasoline vehicles, including tire samples and parts ordered from the B. F. Goodrich Co., the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., and other concerns.