Museum Collections
Luce Center
The Horseless Carriage Race
Title
The Horseless Carriage Race
Date
1900
Medium
Cardboard, wood, paper, metal
Dimensions
Overall: 1 x 21 1/4 x 12 7/8 in. ( 2.5 x 54 x 32.7 cm )
Description
"The Horseless Carrige Race" board game with two lead cars, a cardboard spinner with a metal arrow and a paper gameboard applied to the bottom half of the paper covered cardboard box; board chromolithographed with a map of the U.S., southern Canada and northern Mexico with major cities such as New York, New Orleans, Mexico City, Los Angeles and Quebec depicted with a path of automobiles around the map; box cover with an image of a man and a woman riding in an early automobile with Niagra Falls, two bicyclists and automobiles in the background; box cover inscribed "THE HORSELESS CARRIAGE/ RACE/ McLOUGHLIN BROS/ NEW YORK/ COPYRIGHT 1900/ by McLOUGHLIN BROS/ NEW YORK".
Credit Line
The Liman Collection
Object Number
2000.299
Marks
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE HORSELESS CARRIAGE/ RACE/ McLOUGHLIN BROS/ NEW YORK/ COPYRIGHT 1900/ by McLOUGHLIN BROS/ NEW YORK".
Gallery Label
Just before the turn of the 20th century, a noisy new mode of transportation entered the American streetscape. The automobile, also known as the "horseless carriage," fascinated restless Americans, allowing them to travel and experience their nation at "top" speed.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.





