Across America in our Model T - Paperback

by Eulice Jeffrey (Photographer), Ed Morris (Author)

Across America in our Model T is the fascinating story of the Jeffery family's epic journey across the United States, Canada, and Mexico in 1920.At a time when there were few paved roads and fewer amenities, Eulice and Alta Jeffery, my great-grandparents, and their two teen-age daughters, embarked on a nine month long, 16,000 mile cross country trip in a 1920 Ford Model T. Leaving their home in Sunnyside, Washington, they travelled south to Mexico, then across the Southwest desert and Great Plains to New York, where both were born and raised. They spent four months visiting family and friends, with a brief trip to Canada. In 1921 they returned to Washington, following in the footsteps of Lewis and Clark.Eulice Jeffery, an avid photographer, took over 200 photographs, and nearly half are reproduced in this book, providing a rare look at travel by automobile in early 20th century America.

Author Biography

Ed Morris's award-winning photography has been exhibited in galleries and juried art shows, including Art After Hours at the Virginia Museum of Fine Art. Ed's model railroad photography has appeared in Finescale Railroader, The Narrow Gauge Annual, Rail Magazine, Model Railroader, and in Walther's Big Trains Craft Reference Manual. His work has also appeared on book and CD covers. More recently, Ed has used photography to document and publish his restoration work on vintage tube radios and record players. He is the author of Highways and Byways: Images from the Roadside.