Racing on a Dirt Road near Varysburg, New York, 1909

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Artifact Overview

In the first decade of the 1900s, various organizations and individuals sponsored automobile competitions that tested a vehicle's reliability, endurance and performance. This lantern slide shows two cars in a road race near Varysburg, New York, in 1909.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Lantern slide

Subject Date

1909

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

92.1.1774.297

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

Handwritten in pencil on border: Varysburg