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In the process of searching for steam automobile related materials, including postcards, one often sees electric car postcards.

On occasion, when the price is very low, the author's resistance collapses and he makes an impulse purchase.

Woods Electric at the University of Chicago Woods Electric at the University of Chicago

This Woods Electric Car advertising postcard was shot at the University of Chicago in front of the Anatomy Building on 57th Street. The author's daughter graduated from the University of Chicago with double honors in 2013. Hence the impulse purchase at a postcard show.[1]

Anatomy Building on 57th Street, Cobb Gate, Pre-Ivy, 1897

This Woods Electric Car advertising postcard was shot to the right of this image. This is Cobb Gate at the left and the Anatomy Building in the center. Taken in 1897. Courtesy, The University of Chicago Library.

Woods Electric  Car, Postcard, Fish Creek, Wisconsin, September 9, 1908 Front Woods Electric  Car, Postcard, Fish Creek, Wisconsin, September 9, 1908 Reverse

On February 12, 2017, the author's wife and "The Child" graciously allowed him to spend two hours at the Glendale, CA Post Card Show. Because "The Child" had attended the University of Chicago (see above), the author felt compelled to purchase this Woods Electric Car postcard as a memory of the one and only family visit to a post card show.

University of Chicago Home Study Magazine Advertisement, Harper's Magazine, January 1917

This University of Chicago home study advertisement appeared in the same January 1917 Harper's Magazine as did an advertisement for the Doble steam car. The webmaster's daughter graduated from the University of Chicago with Double Honors, including the undergraduate French Prize.

Electirc Behicle Company, Cosmopolitan Magazine, 1902.

This 1902 Columbia Electric Vehicle Company advertisemen appeared on the back of a steam car advertisement.

National Electric Vehicles, National Motor Vehicle Company, 1903 Harpers Magazine Advertisement

This 1902 Columbia Electric Vehicle Company advertisemen appeared on the back of a steam car advertisement.

Babcock Electric Carriage Company, Motor Age Magazine Advertisement, 1908.

This 1908 Babcock Electric Carriage Company magazine advertisement appeared in Motor Age.

Anderson Electric Car Comp;any, Detroit, MI, 1912, Everybody's Magazoie

This 1912 Anderson Electric Car Company advertisement appeared in a 1912 issue of Everybody's Magazine on the reverse of a steam car advertisement.

Ohio Electric Car Company, Harper's Magazine advertisement, January 1917

This January 1917 Ohio Electric Car Company magazine advertisement appeared in Harper's Magazine along with a two-page Doble advertisement.

Real Photo Post Card image of an unidentified electric car, front Real Photo Post Card image of an unidentified electric car,  reverse

This unidentified elctric car appears on a real photo post card (RPPC) printed sometime after 1907.

Detroit Electric Car, Postcard, Front Detroit Electric  Car Postcard, Reverse.

This 1912 Detroit Electric Car appeared on an advertising postcard for Hornburg Ford in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin.

Raunch and Lang Electric Car Postcard Front Raunch and Lang Electric Car Postcard , Reverse

This 1916 Raunch and Lang five-passenger Electric Broughm was owned at one time by Mrs. Jane Rogers of Auburn Indiana.

[1]G Gardner, Julia to Donald Hoke, email October 25, 2016. University of Chicago Library.

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