Schoolboys Following a Benz Automobile, circa 1901

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Artifact Overview

This photograph, taken about 1901, shows a group of inquisitive schoolboys attracted to a Benz automobile. Karl Benz of Germany developed the world's first practical gasoline-powered automobile in 1885.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1901

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2011.0.4.22

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 4.75 in
Width: 6.5 in

Inscriptions

Purple ink stamps on print back read: P.A.S. PHOTOS-ARCHIVES SERV. 10, Rue Armand Moisant PARIS XV TEL. SEGUR." and "FORDERT DEUTSCHE ARBEIT ATLANTIC Photo-Ges. m.b.H. Berlin SW 68 Schutzenstr. 67 11 Tel. A 6 Merkur 2126/27 Alle Reproduktionsrechte verbehalten. Abdruck nur mit Genehmigung und Angabe unserer Firma gestattet.