Thomas Flyer Being Transferred to SS Mongolia, Leaving Japan, New York to Paris Race, 1908
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Artifact Overview
The 1908 New York to Paris race was a 22,000-mile automobile endurance contest. After crossing the continental United States, teams shipped their vehicles to Asia. The Americans, driving a Thomas Flyer, disembarked in Japan in early May. Once across the island, the Americans shipped their car to Vladivostok, Russia, where the race would begin again.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Lantern slide
Subject Date
16 May 1908
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
92.1.1774.130
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, handwriting in pencil reads:
Leaving Japan for Siberia / NYP 104
Title under image at bottom of glass:
BEING TRANSFERED TO S.S. MAGNOLIA (sic)
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