Hauling the Thomas Flyer over Incomplete Roadbed, Russia, New York to Paris Race, 1908
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The 1908 New York to Paris race was a 22,000-mile automobile endurance contest. Teams would have to drive their cars through cold, snow and rain and usually on poor roads. At times, vehicles needed help getting out of the mud or navigating around other obstacles. Local workers were employed when teams could not manage by themselves.
The 1908 New York to Paris race was a 22,000-mile automobile endurance contest. Teams would have to drive their cars through cold, snow and rain and usually on poor roads. At times, vehicles needed help getting out of the mud or navigating around other obstacles. Local workers were employed when teams could not manage by themselves.
Artifact
Lantern slide
Subject Date
1908
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
92.1.1774.152
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Family of Henry Austin Clark, Jr.
Material
Glass (Material)
Technique
Hand coloring
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 3.25 in
Width: 4 in
Inscriptions
Label adhered to side of glass lantern slide reads: TITLE Siberia / SET No NYP 57 / SLIDE No L Partially seen at bottom of label: RILEY OPTICAL INSTRUMENT CO ___ NY Written under image on back if held up sideways, read backwards with loupe and good light: COOLIES HAULING THOMAS OVER INCOMPLETE ROADBED
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