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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