Thomas Flyer on Sampan Boat to the SS Mongolia, Leaving Japan, New York to Paris Race, 1908
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Artifact Overview
The 1908 New York to Paris race was a 22,000-mile automobile endurance contest. After crossing the continental United States, teams shipped their vehicles to Asia. The Americans, driving a Thomas Flyer, disembarked in Japan in early May. Once across the island, the Americans shipped their car to Vladivostok, Russia, where the race would begin again.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Lantern slide
Subject Date
16 May 1908
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
92.1.1774.131
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Family of Henry Austin Clark, Jr.
Material
Glass (Material)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 3.25 in
Width: 4 in
Inscriptions
Label adhered to side of glass lantern slide reads:
TITLE Sampan to SS. Mongolia Lv Japan / SET No NYP 49 / SLIDE No _
Partially seen at bottom of label:
RILEY OPTICAL INSTRUMENT CO ___ NY
Title under image at bottom of glass read backwards:
AMERICA'S CHAMPION ON JAPANESE SAMPAN
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