Print, Photographic

1962.407.0037

1962.407.0037

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

1962.407.0037

Description

Car with men in it. They have fur coats on. Update 2/2010: Black and white print of large open car with four men riding in car. They are dressed in bulky heavy weight fur coats and hats with goggles. Driver has on a white full head covering with goggles on his forehead. A crowd is following and one man is right behind with his hands on back of the car. Ferris Hotel is in the background and bell tower of Central School. Car traveling west on 400 Block of Buffalo Street. Condition is good. Bottom left corner bent, emulsion impacted. NOTE: Identified by Robert Rampton as the French car in 1908 New York to Paris Race. (DeDion-Bouton French Car). See archives for dates and times of arrival and departure and drivers. Archives, transportation, automobiles, transcontinental journeys NY to Paris 1908.

Collection

Photograph Collection