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
Collection Title
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.
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