Crowd watching demonstration of a remote-controlled automobile

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Description

View of a crowd watching a demonstration of a remote-controlled car in Cincinnati, Ohio. Also known as phantom automobiles, the cars were controlled via radio signals from a second vehicle following the driverless car. Car has a 1928 Ohio license plate; buildings in background. Stamped on back: "Photograph from J.R. Schmidt, 3557 St. Charles Place, Hyde Park, Cincinnati, Ohio."

Details

Creator:: Schmidt, J.R.
Resource ID:: na051474
Subject:: Automated vehicles--Ohio--Cincinnati; Automobiles--Ohio--Cincinnati; Crowds--Ohio--Cincinnati; Photographers--Ohio--Cincinnati; Photographic prints
Date:: 1928
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 8 x 10 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Location:: Automated vehicles
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.