Motorcycle Taxis in Newark, New Jersey, 1926
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Taxicabs are not always automobiles. The term came from nineteenth-century "cabriolet" carriages whose passengers paid fares that were calculated by "taximeters." The taxicabs in this photograph are motorcycles. They offered convenient point-to-point transportation -- whether between transit systems or simply around town -- to paying Newark, New Jersey, customers in the mid-1920s.
Taxicabs are not always automobiles. The term came from nineteenth-century "cabriolet" carriages whose passengers paid fares that were calculated by "taximeters." The taxicabs in this photograph are motorcycles. They offered convenient point-to-point transportation -- whether between transit systems or simply around town -- to paying Newark, New Jersey, customers in the mid-1920s.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1926
Creators
Unknown
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.1774.X.120
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Family of Henry Austin Clark, Jr.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.688 in
Width: 9.5 in
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