Hope this is visible, While helping my grand daughter research the Grand Goulet I found this picture (Built between 1844 and 1851, Les Grands-goulets)
It is likely a French or other European car that many of us are not familiar with. I found this photo but all the text is in French or some other language. It is a neat picture and probably well circulated. Maybe someone will recognize the car.
Thanks
Rich
Dauphine I assume is the photographer the rest is "The Alps, the Big Bottlenecks"
Thanks G.R.
https://www.vanillamagazine.it/les-grands-goulets-la-terrificante-strada-dimenti cata-sulle-alpi-francesi/
Dauphine is the former name for a province in the Alps of France
wasn't there a Renault Dauphine?
Yes, but this is Dauphiné - three syllables. From Wikipedia:
"The Dauphiné; or Dauphiné Viennois, formerly Dauphiny in English, is a former province in southeastern France, whose area roughly corresponded to that of the present departments of Isère, Drôme, and Hautes-Alpes. The Dauphiné was originally the County of Albon."
From dangerousroads.org:
https://www.dangerousroads.org/europe/france/301-les-grands-goulets-road-france. html
Mors Type N?
I have no idea of the type car, but do dearly love those front fenders. Driving through town, you could hit a water puddle and splash people on both sides of the street. And maybe wet down all the store windows at the same time.
Dick
Most certainly a Mors, about 1909 or perhaps even as late as 1910.
Terry
With that light above the crank, bet it could be a bugger to start!
Andrew and Terry are correct. Nice work.
Thanks, now I know. I have learned a few things today, Like when they cut that road the men would be on ropes from above drill the hole for the dynamite light the fuse then swing out of the way before it exploded! they were a lot braver than me.
G. R. - interesting note on the construction technique. Looks like it would be a great road to travel in that era ! FWIW, they would have been blasting with black powder. Alfred Nobel didn't receive his patent for dynamite until 1867.
GR, same technique the Chinese laborers used while building the Central Pacific Railroad in the Sierra Nevada.