[ON THE TRACK OF THE INCAS PERU AND BOLIVIA]. PART III Part 2
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The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Car moving along country road, under stone arch, elevated road - business district of Tucuman, Argentina - large building - oxen-drawn scoops moving dirt on new road - car driving through stream - car moving through thick dust on road raising dust cloud over people and donkey-drawn wooden wheeled carts - car moving through city - partially completed bridge - workers digging structure out of ground - car passing over dry river bed - children carrying bundles of sticks on their heads - men in mule-drawn cart with large wooden wheels, man and young girl, both smoking cigarettes, walking along side - car moving through countryside - views taken from interior of car as it is moving through desert - car passing large historic tree, moving down country road - car entering Cordoba, Argentina, views of business district, spectators lining street - car stopping at Ford Service garage - car put on lift for checkup - car leaving town - car passing woman and child selling fruit at edge of road - car crossing bridge - car passing truck loaded with hay - car stopping in Villa Maria, birthplace of one of the drivers - driver kissing his mother, crowd around car - car leaving town - car stopping near ‘Mercury’ billboard - car passing ‘Firestone’ billboard - building under construction - car stopping for gas in Rosario, Argentina, 220 miles from Buenos Aires - driver being greeted by crowd - driver checking tires - others checking motor - foot bridge over stream in park - car being stopped by road inspectors - crowd waving to passing car - car passing through small town, waving crowds - crowd in Buenos Aires [10/3/39] - building of ‘Radio El Mundo’ - plaza, statue - traffic, streetcar, automobile, truck, bus - business district, skyscraper - monuments - crowd greeting car at night, examining car - driver posing - driver with officials - oxen-drawn covered wagon caravan - horse-drawn stagecoach - train - airplane on field - Mercury car on country road - flags of Peru, Bolivia, Argentina. “The End.” [1939]
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