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- Fredrickson Family with Ford Model T during Cross-Country Tour, 1908 - Edwin A. Fredrickson and his parents pose with their 1908 Model T. The group appears to be traveling to Toledo, Buffalo, and Niagara as noted by the pennants adorning the automobile. The travelers are also dressed for the excursion. Their driving clothing -- duster jackets, goggles, scarves, boots, and caps -- protects against dust, mud, bugs, and weather.
- 1908
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Fredrickson Family with Ford Model T during Cross-Country Tour, 1908
Edwin A. Fredrickson and his parents pose with their 1908 Model T. The group appears to be traveling to Toledo, Buffalo, and Niagara as noted by the pennants adorning the automobile. The travelers are also dressed for the excursion. Their driving clothing -- duster jackets, goggles, scarves, boots, and caps -- protects against dust, mud, bugs, and weather.
- Driving Duster, circa 1915 - New leisure activities like driving required new clothes. Drivers protected themselves from the dirt and dust of unpaved roads with long overcoats called dusters. This high-end duster was owned by Willis C. Ward, heir to a wealthy Michigan lumber family.
- circa 1915
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Driving Duster, circa 1915
New leisure activities like driving required new clothes. Drivers protected themselves from the dirt and dust of unpaved roads with long overcoats called dusters. This high-end duster was owned by Willis C. Ward, heir to a wealthy Michigan lumber family.
- Woman Driver Wearing Motoring Clothes and Hat, circa 1910 - Early automobiles were very expensive toys used for leisure travel and recreation. The wealthy people who owned and drove them dressed practically <em>and</em> fashionably, wearing driving clothes that protected from dust, mud, bugs, and weather while announcing them as well-to-do motorists. This woman wears a large driving hat and a long coat called a duster.
- circa 1910
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Woman Driver Wearing Motoring Clothes and Hat, circa 1910
Early automobiles were very expensive toys used for leisure travel and recreation. The wealthy people who owned and drove them dressed practically and fashionably, wearing driving clothes that protected from dust, mud, bugs, and weather while announcing them as well-to-do motorists. This woman wears a large driving hat and a long coat called a duster.
- Lincoln Limousines, 1920-1925 - Lincoln Motor Company's production was limited to the eight-cylinder Model L throughout the 1920s. But the basic chassis was available in multiple body styles including touring cars, roadsters, phaetons, coupes, town cars, and limousines. Bodies came from prominent coachbuilders like Brunn, Holbrook, Judkins, and Le Baron. Customers could purchase a chassis and use an outside coachbuilder of their choosing, too.
- 1920-1925
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Lincoln Limousines, 1920-1925
Lincoln Motor Company's production was limited to the eight-cylinder Model L throughout the 1920s. But the basic chassis was available in multiple body styles including touring cars, roadsters, phaetons, coupes, town cars, and limousines. Bodies came from prominent coachbuilders like Brunn, Holbrook, Judkins, and Le Baron. Customers could purchase a chassis and use an outside coachbuilder of their choosing, too.
- Four Men Wearing Motoring Clothes, 1905-1910 - Early automobiles were very expensive toys used for leisure travel and recreation. The wealthy people who owned and drove them dressed practically <em>and</em> fashionably, wearing driving clothes that protected from dust, mud, bugs, and weather while announcing them as well-to-do motorists. These men wear driving hats and long overcoats called dusters.
- 1905-1910
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Four Men Wearing Motoring Clothes, 1905-1910
Early automobiles were very expensive toys used for leisure travel and recreation. The wealthy people who owned and drove them dressed practically and fashionably, wearing driving clothes that protected from dust, mud, bugs, and weather while announcing them as well-to-do motorists. These men wear driving hats and long overcoats called dusters.
- Duster, Used by Clara Ford -
- 1905-1915
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Duster, Used by Clara Ford
- Clara Ford Driving a 1906 Ford Model N on Grand Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan, with Myrle Clarkson as Passenger - In 1906, Clara Ford, wife of Henry Ford, and Myrle Clarkson, a secretary at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant, took a Model N out for a spin. The two drove from the plant where the Model N was built around the streets of Detroit. The Model N was the low-priced but smaller predecessor to the Model T.
- 1906
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Clara Ford Driving a 1906 Ford Model N on Grand Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan, with Myrle Clarkson as Passenger
In 1906, Clara Ford, wife of Henry Ford, and Myrle Clarkson, a secretary at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant, took a Model N out for a spin. The two drove from the plant where the Model N was built around the streets of Detroit. The Model N was the low-priced but smaller predecessor to the Model T.
- Racing Poster, Woman Driver Practicing for a Race on the Beach, 1908 - The automobile arrived at a time when American women were fighting for the right to vote and seeking expanded opportunities beyond traditional domestic roles. The car quickly became a symbol -- and instrument -- of this new freedom. Advertisers made frequent use of automobile imagery, and carmakers increasingly directed their ads toward women.
- 1908
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Racing Poster, Woman Driver Practicing for a Race on the Beach, 1908
The automobile arrived at a time when American women were fighting for the right to vote and seeking expanded opportunities beyond traditional domestic roles. The car quickly became a symbol -- and instrument -- of this new freedom. Advertisers made frequent use of automobile imagery, and carmakers increasingly directed their ads toward women.