Arrival of Thomas Flyer and Team on the Steamship Santa Clara at Valdez, Alaska, New York to Paris Race, 1908
THF72161 / Arrival of Thomas Flyer and Team on the Steamship Santa Clara at Valdez, Alaska, New York to Paris Race, 1908
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Artifact Overview
The American team in the 1908 New York to Paris race shipped their automobile to Alaska after reaching San Francisco. Race planners had thought the cars could cross at the Bering Strait. Soon after landing, the Americans -- the only ones to reach Alaska -- learned that race officials decided that all teams would ship their vehicles to Vladivostok, Russia, and restart the race.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Lantern slide
Subject Date
08 April 1908
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
92.1.1774.101
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Family of Henry Austin Clark, Jr.
Material
Glass (Material)
Technique
Hand coloring
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 3.25 in
Width: 4 in
Inscriptions
Label adhered to side of glass lantern slide, handwriting in pencil reads:
Santa Clara NYP 105 / (Name of steamship)
Text printed on lower edge of image reads:
ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE PARTY WITH THEIR THOMAS CAR / AT VALDEZ, ALASKA, APR. 8- 08
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