DescriptionAutomobile parade.ogv	This may be the first annual automobile parade, held on November 4, 1899 in downtown Manhattan. At least ten different makes and models are seen, including electric and steam powered machines.
Date	4 November 1899
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Author	Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 6Feb1900; D3293.
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CREATED/PUBLISHED

United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1900.

Summary

This may be the first annual automobile parade, held on November 4, 1899 in downtown Manhattan. At least ten different makes and models are seen, including electric and steam powered machines. Only three years earlier, in 1896, Henry Ford, Charles Brady King, Alexander Winton and Ransom Eli Olds had each introduced their gasoline cars. In 1900, the first National Auto Show was held at Madison Square Garden and the favorites were the electrics and the steamers. In 1901, new oil fields in Texas made gasoline affordable. That same year, mass production techniques were introduced into car manufacturing. These two factors would prove to be key developments in the rapid growth of the American automobile industry.

NOTES

Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 6Feb1900; D3293.

Duration: 1:52 at 15 fps.

Ref print copies 1 and 2 and dupe neg copy 2 are low contrast; ref print copies 3 and 4 and dupe neg copy 1 are high contrast.

Location: New York, N.Y.

paper pos; Received: 2/6/1900; copyright deposit; Paper Print Collection.

ref prints, masterpos, and dupe negs; Received: 1991 from LC lab; preservation Paper Print Collection.

SUBJECTS

• Parades--New York (State)--New York.
• Automobiles--New York (State)--New York.
• Antique and classic cars--New York (State)--New York.
• Automobiles, Steam.
• Electric automobiles.
• Actuality--Short.

RELATED NAMES

• Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
• Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

MEDIUM

• paper pos. 1 roll (128 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.

CALL NUMBER

• LC 128 (paper pos)
• FEB 9315 (ref print)
• FEB 9316 (ref print, copy 2)
• FEB 9317 (ref print, copy 3)
• FEB 9318 (ref print, copy 4)
• FPE 5062 (masterpos)
• FPE 5063 (dupe neg)
• FPE 5064 (dupe neg, copy 2)

REPOSITORY

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID

lcmp002 m2b46029 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/lcmp002.m2b46029

Original upload log

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• 2006-11-07 22:27 Flyingdream 320×240×0 (8049440 bytes) "Automobile Parade" by Thomas A. Edison, Inc. (filmed in New York City, 1900) source: Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov