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Alice Ramsey and Three Companions on Cross-Country Automobile Trip, 1909
1909
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
These ladies wore duster overcoats, hats, and veils to protect their clothing and hair for their Maxwell touring car journey from New York City to San Francisco. Alice Ramsey was the first woman to drive across the continent, traversing 3,800 miles in 59 days. The Maxwell-Briscoe Motor Company sponsored this publicity trip and reaped a 50% sales increase in 1910.
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- Title: Alice Ramsey and Three Companions on Cross-Country Automobile Trip, 1909
- Date: 1909
- Location: United States
- Subject Keywords: Ramsey, Alice, Maxwell-Briscoe Motor Company, Women automobile drivers, Transcontinental journeys, Publicity, Photographic prints, Photographs
- Type: Photographs
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: Digital Collections
- Object Name: Photographic print
- Object ID: P.O.4988
- Image ID: THF200502
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
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