[Two women in automobile, with two men standing alongside, another automobile across river, biplane above, and ruins of water mill on right] / H.C. Ireland.

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Two women sit in an open automobile while two men stand beside it, with a second car across a river, a biplane overhead, and the ruins of a water mill at the right edge. The scene pairs two of the decade's newest novelties, the motorcar and the powered airplane, with an older rural landmark. Chromolithographs like this were mass-produced in color by commercial firms, and this one was issued by the Walker Lithograph & Publishing Company of Boston. Its cheerful, detailed scene reflects how quickly cars and early flying machines had become popular subjects around 1910.

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