Roy D. Chapin Seated in Curved-Dash Oldsmobile, "First Car to Travel from Detroit to New York--Syracuse, 1901"

THF120774 / Roy D. Chapin Seated in Curved-Dash Oldsmobile, "First Car to Travel from Detroit to New York--Syracuse, 1901"
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Artifact Overview

Olds Motor Works sent Roy Chapin, Sr., on a promotional trip from Detroit to New York City in a small Curved Dash Olds in 1901. The trip took the car and driver, seen in this photograph, through Canada, along the Erie Canal, down Fifth Avenue, and finally to the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The eventful trip took over a week.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1901

Collection Title

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2010.0.12.16

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.125 in
Width: 10 in

Inscriptions

Printed in border under image: First car to travel from Detroit to New York-- Syracuse, 1901 Inscribed in image in lower right hand corner: H-6900-16-CH
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