The Thomas Flyer and Team in Valdez, Alaska, New York to Paris Race, 1908
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The American team in the 1908 New York to Paris race shipped their automobile to Alaska after reaching San Francisco. Race planners had thought the cars could cross at the Bering Strait. Soon after landing, the Americans -- the only ones to reach Alaska -- learned that race officials decided that all teams would ship their vehicles to Vladivostok, Russia, and restart the race.
The American team in the 1908 New York to Paris race shipped their automobile to Alaska after reaching San Francisco. Race planners had thought the cars could cross at the Bering Strait. Soon after landing, the Americans -- the only ones to reach Alaska -- learned that race officials decided that all teams would ship their vehicles to Vladivostok, Russia, and restart the race.
Artifact
Lantern slide
Subject Date
08 April 1908
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On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
92.1.1774.100
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, handwriting in pencil reads: Valdez Alaska (impassable) / NYP 16 / 251 Handwritten in image lower edge: P.S. Hunt / G 1801. / THE AMERICAN AUTO PARTY READY TO TAKE THE THOMAS CAR DOWN THE WHARF / VALDEZ ALASKA APR 8 - 08
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