The Horseless Carriage Race

The Horseless Carriage Race
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.
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