Woman with a Coin-Operated Parking Meter, circa 1935
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, installed the world's first coin-operated parking meters in 1935. These devices brought order to the chaotic parking situation in many American cities at that time. Parking meters simultaneously generated revenue and encouraged turnover in municipal parking lots. In the 1990s, many cities began shifting from coin-operated machines to meters capable of accepting credit or debit cards.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, installed the world's first coin-operated parking meters in 1935. These devices brought order to the chaotic parking situation in many American cities at that time. Parking meters simultaneously generated revenue and encouraged turnover in municipal parking lots. In the 1990s, many cities began shifting from coin-operated machines to meters capable of accepting credit or debit cards.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
circa 1935
Subject Date
circa 1935
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2007.36.20
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 5.875 in
Width: 3.563 in
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