Early Automobiles, Trans-continental Crossing: Seven Photographs and One Flip-book, c. 1910.

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Early Automobiles, Trans-continental Crossing: Seven Photographs and One Flip-book, c. 1910.
A group of framed black and white photographs depicting an automotive crossing of North America, including a shot taken in a southwestern desert, several shots of the car stuck in very deep water, a radiator fill performed on railroad tracks, and a nice shot of the adventurers' campsite with car, 11 x 14 in. each; [and] a flip-book, with images of the same car coming at and then passing the viewer along a winding road, 4 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. (8)
Horatio Nelson Jackson made the first transcontinental crossing of the United States by automobile in 1903, at the time the U.S. boasted a total of 150 miles of paved roads. The journey chronicled here most likely occurred within a decade of that maiden voyage. The beloved auto, which appears in every photo, has the number 373 on the front grille.
Estimate $200-300


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