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| Title | Flanders automobile at Mount Rainier National Park, ca. 1910 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | ca. 1910 |
| Caption | In 1899, the United States Congress passed legislation creating Mount Rainier National Park. While many early visitors arrived by train, it soon became park policy to build a system of automobile roads so that a majority of visitors could see the park without leaving their cars. In 1911, people could drive from Longmire Springs to Nisqually Glacier if they bought a permit from the park superintendent.
In this photo, taken around 1910, a visitor to Mount Rainier National Park sits in a Flanders automobile under the entrance gate at Longmire Springs. The speed limit in the park ranged from 6 to 15 miles per hour, and drivers had to honk their horns at each curve in the road to alert oncoming horses and automobiles. |
| Subjects | Automobiles; Gates; National parks & reserves |
| Places | Mount Rainier National Park (Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.6954.1 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 glass negative: b&w; 6.5 x 8.5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original negative using Epson Expression 10000XL as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit grayscale, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS4, JPEG quality measurement 4. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | W&S 2, 587-86 |
