THE WEST FROM A CAR WINDOW

Okay - maybe you already knew (we didn't) that the Ford Motor Company shipped its first car on this date in 1903. Well, when we found out we once again went to the collection's data base and searched for "cars." Here's the first hit that caught our attention:

The West from a Car-Window

by Richard Harding Davis

Published by Harper & Brothers in 1903

This work documents a car trip from Texas through Oklahoma and into Colorado. And there are photos and illustrations, too!  In an effort to get you to stop by the Bullis Room and take a look at this book, here's a partial list of the visuals:

A Bucking Broncho

"Remember the Alamo!"

Third Calvary Troopers--Searching a Suspected Revolutionist

The "Holy Moses" Mine

The Cheyenne Type

Big Bull

Oklahoma City on the Day of the Opening

A Kiowa Maiden

The Omnipotent Bugler

The Barracks, Fort Houston

Gateway of the Garden of the Gods, and Pike's Peak

Polo Above the Snow-line at Colorado Springs

Pike's Peak from Colorado Springs

So before you set out on your car trip west this summer, you might like to see what it looked like from a car window over a hundred years ago.  This book's waiting for you in the Bullis Room. Hope to see you soon.