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When They Electrified Christmas

Cars That Think

Johnson was part early adopter, part showman, and part publicist for the possibilities of electricity. advertised "Winking Fairy Lights for Christmas Trees" in Hardware Dealers' Magazine. President Grover Cleveland was an early adopter of the electrified Christmas tree, as shown in this 1896 photo. of Chicago.

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Punching above its weight

Electric Auto Association

When we raced the Lightnings in Cleveland, the organizers had to pay to be on the schedule, but they had money from electric utilities,” Erb explained. “We Last summer, under the leadership of Carlos Ruiz de Quevedo, the chapter took part in a street fair in Hendersonville. We show up at a parking lot and we’ll shoot the breeze.