The vehicles pictured here participated in the first transcontinental auto race, beginning in New York on June 1, 1909, and ending at the AYPE on June 23, 1909. A model T Ford arrived first, but was disqualified because the drivers changed the engine during the race. The winner (the second to arrive) was a Shawmut. Six vehicles participated in the race. The Igorot man pictured here, a performer from the "Igorrote Village" may be working on the car for the purposes of the exhibit.
Signs in image: Washington Mines, Acme New York to Seattle, Acme No. 4: Fourth Car to Arrive in Seattle in Ocean to Ocean Contest for the Guggenheim Trophy, Shawmut No. 5: Second Car to Arrive in Seattle in Ocean to Ocean Contest for the Guggenheim Trophy, Ford No.1: Third Car to Arrive in Seattle in Ocean to Ocean Contest for the Guggenheim Trophy Photographer's number: x2609
Caption by MOHAI staff and from History Link:" (http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=2151) by Greg Lange, January 1, 1999. Caption information source: "Professor Jimmie Igloo and Dr. Boombang Meet the Heathens," by Josh Reid, Pacific Northwest Quarterly Vol. 101, No. 3/4, retrieved from https://www.jstor.org/stable/23059107. Caption information source: “Colonial Ethnology and the Igorrote Village at the AYP,” by Jon Olivera, Pacific Northwest Quarterly Vol. 101., No. 3/4, retrieved from https://www.jstor.org/stable/23059109.
