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New York-to-Paris automobile race: [Automobile being shovelled out of snow] – Historic Print

New York-to-Paris automobile race: [Automobile being shovelled out of snow], [1908?] — historic photograph
New York-to-Paris automobile race: [Automobile being shovelled out of snow], [1908?]. Historic photograph from the Automobiles collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Snow, not speed, is the obstacle in this view of a motorcar being dug out by hand. The picture is tied to the 1908 New York-to-Paris race, which set out from Times Square in February and crossed the American interior in winter before the cars were shipped overseas to continue eastward. Drivers often lost days to drifts, mud and mechanical trouble, and this kind of hand digging was a common part of the journey. The photograph is credited to the studio Spooner and Wells, but its caption card gives only a tentative date, so the exact moment it was taken is uncertain.

Created / published[1908?]
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsPhoto by Spooner and Wells, Inc. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Flags--U.S.--1908?; Automobile racing; Winter scenes; Snow; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,120 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-142540

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