Crowd watching demonstration of Ford remote-controlled automobile

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Description

View of a crowd watching a demonstration of a Ford remote-controlled car in front of a brick school building. Also known as phantom automobiles, the cars were controlled via radio signals from a second vehicle following the driverless car.

Details

Resource ID:: na051478
Subject:: Automated vehicles; Ford automobile; Crowds; School buildings; Photographic prints
Date:: 1920-1929
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 7.75 x 9.75 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.