Driver Tom Fetch in "Old Pacific" on the Cross-Country Trip Sponsored by Packard Motor Car Company, 1903
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Artifact Overview
In 1903, two men drove a Packard Model F nicknamed "Old Pacific" from San Francisco to New York. It was the second automobile to complete the epic journey. Few roads stretched west of the Mississippi, and if the men encountered a problem, they had to solve it themselves. This photograph shows a desolate landscape, the dust-covered Packard, and E.T. "Tom" Fetch.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1903
Creators
Creator Notes
Photographed by Marius C. Krarup
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
43.158.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Handwriting
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.125 in
Width: 10 in
Inscriptions
Handwritten in ink on front: To Fred Smith Edison Institute Greenfield Village E T Fetch
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