Automobile Stopping to Pay Toll at Gate 19 Tollbooth, Staunton, Virginia, 1915-1920
01
Artifact Overview
Continuing a practice dating to the late 1700s, some entrepreneurs charged tolls for privately maintained roads. Few turned a profit. This photograph shows an automobile stopped at a Virginia toll station about 1918.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1915-1920
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.1774.X.114
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Family of Henry Austin Clark, Jr.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 6.5 in
Width: 8.5 in
Inscriptions
Handwritten in red pencil on back of photo:
J R Dow (?) / Staunton, Va
Keywords |
|---|