Touring Car in Front of General Store, circa 1915
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Artifact Overview
A touring car and a horse-drawn buggy are parked outside a general store in this mid-1910s photograph. Onlookers stare at the automobile. In this small unidentified town a car may have been a novelty, especially one with well-dressed tourists.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1915
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
P.1774.P.56
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: 8.125 in
Width: 10 in
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