Mayor Oscar Marx shaking hands with M.A. Croker, 1914 Saxon 135 mile a day endurance run

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Mayor Oscar Marx shaking hands with M.A. Croker, 1914 Saxon 135 mile a day endurance run

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View of Detroit mayor Oscar Marx shaking hands with M.A. Croker, driver of the Saxon car, at the finish of the 135 mile a day endurance run. The run ended in Detroit, Michigan. Spectators in background. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, 221 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich." Handwritten on back: "Mayor Marx of Detroit shaking hands with M.A. Croker, driver of the 135 mile a day Saxon car. Tours--Saxon 135 mile a day endurance run, 1914."

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Creator:: Spooner & Wells
Resource ID:: na030972
Subject:: Marx, Oscar B., 1866-1923; Mayors--Michigan--Detroit; Automobiles--Michigan--Detroit; Saxon Motor Car Company; Automobile drivers--Michigan--Detroit; Automobile travel; Photographers--Michigan--Detroit; Photographic prints
Date:: 1914-05-09
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 4.5 x 6.5 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Collection:: Lazarnick Collection
Location:: Tours--Saxon 135 mile a day endurance run, 1914
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.