File:Ezra Meeker in an automobile, 1918 (MOHAI 5168).jpg

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English: Ezra Meeker in an automobile, 1918   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Webster & Stevens
Title
English: Ezra Meeker in an automobile, 1918
Description
English: In the 1850s, Ezra Meeker and his family had traveled to the Pacific Northwest by oxcart, along the Oregon Trail. When he was 75 years old, Meeker began his travels to promote the old trail. He formed the Oregon Trail Memorial Association, and worked with states and cities to commemorate the trail and the early settlers.

In this 1918 photo, taken at a Seattle park , Ezra Meeker poses at the wheel of a Willys-Knight Overland Pacific automobile.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Automobiles
  • People: Meeker, Ezra, 1830-1928
Depicted place
English: Seattle (Wash.)
Date 1918
date QS:P571,+1918-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium
English: 1 negative : glass, b&w
Dimensions height: 8 in (20.3 cm); width: 10 in (25.4 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,8U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,10U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
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Public domain
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
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PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved

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