Group of Boys and Their Toy Race Cars, circa 1910
THF200899 / Group of Boys and Their Toy Race Cars, circa 1910
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Artifact Overview
In the early 1900s, neighborhood children emulated the heroics of professional automobile drivers in motorless gravity racers built to resemble period racing cars. Soon, this activity evolved into a formal sport of its own -- the All-American Soap Box Derby. Modern competitors are serious, racing fiberglass bodies on sophisticated bearings and wheels at speeds in excess of 30 miles per hour.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1910
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
P.1774.X.140
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: 8 in
Width: 10 in
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