Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object |
Negative, Glass Plate |
Photographer |
Burt, Frederick Dunham |
Date |
1910 |
Location |
Vermont, Bennington, South Street |
Description |
Henry G. Root and 1910 Rambler at 205 South Street, Bennington, Vermont. Henry Root sitting in driver's seat. Older woman sitting in back, presumably his mother Katherine Root. Older man, presumably his father William A. Root and young woman, presumably Mary Root, standing along the left side of the car. Two-story house with columned porch in background, vines climbing columns. Ground is snow covered. |
Information |
William A. Root registered the first car in 1910 in Bennington. Root owned a garage and sold Ramblers. After purchasing this one, he staged a publicity stunt in which four heavy men drove the new automobile through the snow up the hill to the Monument. The Bennington Banner claimed the snow was nearly four feet deep in sections and the combined weight of the passengers was 1,000 pounds! This more sedate photo shows his son Henry G. Root at the wheel in front of the Root home on South Street, now the town offices. |
Related People |
Root, Henry Green (1889-1949) Root, William Albert Kohn, Mary Elizabeth Root Root, Katherine E. Blackmer |
Credit line |
Gift of the Bennington Banner |
Catalog Number |
2007.114.51 |