Favorite this☆ Empire battery Description: View of Empire battery for car. Stamped on side of battery: "Size 66, number 1203, the Empire non-sulphating storage battery ignitor, mfd. by the Empire Battery Co., New York." Handwritten on back: "Electrical--Empire battery, 1908." Details Resource ID: na006680 Subject: Automobiles--Batteries Photographic prints Date Issued: 1908 Format: 1 photographic print ; 7.75 x 9.5 in. Member of: National Automotive History Collection Lazarnick Collection Filing Location: Electrical Negative Number: Negative #C9002 Rights: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.