Palmyra Photograph Collection: Details

Photograph Details

Collection	D.251 Palmyra Photographs
Album	3:19
Negative	03.833
People	Male, female, children
Activities	Bicycling, driving
Settings	Town, street
Vehicles	Automobile, bicycle
Description	John and Louise Hitchcock Davis in automobile. First attempt to drive across the country.
Notes	(Note: This 1899 attempt to drive across the country is discussed in two books by Curt McConnell, both published in 2000. They are Coast to Coast by Automobile: the Pioneering Trips, 1899-1908 and A Reliable Car and a Woman Who Knows it; the First Coast-to-Coast Auto Trips by Women, 1899-1916.)