Ford Motor Company "Ocean To Ocean Race" booklet, 1909

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Rob Heyen - Nebraska on Tuesday, July 02, 2013 - 08:24 am:

I was looking into the 1909 "Ocean to Ocean Race" and found this at the Univ. of Washington Libraries. The description:

"Story of the Race: How the Ford Car Won the Transcontinental Contest for the Guggenheim Trophy Told by One of the Crew on Ford Car No. 1"

I have not seen it before, some good photos and descriptions of the race for anyone interested.

Link:

http://content.lib.washington.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/ptec&CISOPTR=960&REC=2


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John Page on Tuesday, July 02, 2013 - 05:15 pm:

Rob,

Here is a link to a previous Forum discussion.
Regards, John
http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/118802/123088.html?1264569412


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Rob Heyen - Nebraska on Tuesday, July 02, 2013 - 10:45 pm:

Thanks John.

I should have spoken with Fred about this last week.......

Rob


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John Page on Tuesday, July 02, 2013 - 11:14 pm:

G'day Rob,

Yes, in hindsight that would have been a good opportunity, had we been thinking along those lines. Regards, John


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Kenneth W DeLong on Wednesday, July 03, 2013 - 09:33 am:

Rob,I enjoy your post about the early Fords.Bud.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Rob Heyen - Nebraska on Wednesday, July 03, 2013 - 05:18 pm:

Bud,
Thank you, and welcome back,
Rob


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Rob Heyen - Nebraska on Wednesday, July 03, 2013 - 05:19 pm:

Oops, thanks Bud, the welcome back was on something else. :-). I wish we got "do overs" ....


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ron Patterson-Nicholasville, Kentucky on Wednesday, July 03, 2013 - 07:15 pm:

Here are photos of an original 1909 Ford Motor Company booklet "The story of the Race".
Notice the color printing, fold out color map attached to the rear cover and the fact that it was sent to an address in New Jersey.
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Here is a photo of the 1959 Ford reprint front cover.
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The map is not fold out in the reprint.
Ron the Coilman


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dave Hjortnaes, Men Falls, WI on Wednesday, July 03, 2013 - 08:41 pm:

Ron

Is the dotted line on the map the route they took back to New York?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Rob Heyen - Nebraska on Wednesday, July 03, 2013 - 09:37 pm:

Ron,

Thanks for posting the original.

Dave,

Yes. This is what the reprint says above the map:



And the description of the return route:


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