"Miller Scratching His Name on Monument Marking Boundary Between Europe and Asia," New York to Paris Race, 1908
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Artifact Overview
In February 1908, six automobiles began an around-the-world race from New York City to Paris, France. The contest took 169 days, covered 22,000 miles and spanned three continents. In May, the three remaining teams left Vladivostok, Russia. For the next two to three months the teams made their way west across the Russian countryside.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Lantern slide
Subject Date
1908
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
92.1.1774.229
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
Labels adhered to side of glass lantern slide, handwritten in pencil:
Boundary bet Europe & Asia / 167 / 196
Handwritten in white ink in glass at bottom of image:
MILLER SCRATCHING HIS NAME ON MONUMENT / MARKING BOUNDARY BETWEEN EUROPE AND ASIA
Text on side of slide reads:
MADE BY C. D. ARNOLD, BUFFALO, N.Y.
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