FORDING THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY. TEN MILLIONTH. [FORD]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Ford car with sign, ‘The Ten Millionth. New York to San Francisco’ - crowds, motorcades, police escorts, greetings at the following locations. “Meeting the Mayor of Jersey City on the way to Kearny plant.” “Governor Silzer extends a hearty welcome at Trenton, N.J.” “Mayor Donnelly of Trenton.” “If William Penn and his Quaker colony could only see the Ten Millionth Ford in Philadelphia.” Spectators in front of Philadelphia Public Ledger Building. “Big parades greet the Ten Millionth at every turn. Fifty cars parade through Philadelphia.” “Just a short visit at Gettysburg, where history was made.” Civil War monument. “Eddie Planck, onetime famous baseball pitcher, said, ‘This is the Ten Millionth hit for Ford.’” “In the Blue Ridge Mountains.” “The old covered bridge.” Automobile drives through bridge. “The summit of the Allegheny Mountains on the Lincoln Highway.” Sign, ‘Top of the Alleghenys. Tourists Welcome.’ “Mayor Magee greets us at the City Hall, Pittsburg.” “Ohio heralds our arrival with a boy band.” Freight train seen from a railroad crossing - motorcade driving along country roads and into a town - panel truck with man riding on top and sign, ‘the Old Gray Mare ain’t what she used to be.’ “Where Nebraska, Wyoming, the Lincoln Highway, and the Ten Millionth meet.” Road sign, ‘The Lincoln Highway. Nebraska, Wyoming, New York, San Francisco.’ “Pine Bluff, Wyoming.” “The 13th Cavalry band played ‘Cheyenne’ and we knew where we were.” “The late Gov. W.B. Roos acted as though he would like to see all the rest of the Ten Millionth Fords come to Wyoming…but not at the same time.” “A cool reception awaited us near Laramie.” Snowy landscape. “Westward again.” Stagecoach drawn by horses. “When yesterday and today meet in a picturesque setting of the West.” Mule-drawn covered wagon passed by a Ford. “Part Two will follow immediately.” [1924]