Ty Cobb in New York to Atlanta Good Roads Tour

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Description

View of baseball player Ty Cobb in a Chalmers-Detroit automobile during the 1909 New York to Atlanta Good Roads Tour. Car is parked in front of monument and courthouse in Decatur, Georgia. Three passengers in car; spectators stand nearby; man with broom stands in foreground. Handwritten on back: "Decatur, Ga., 6 miles from Atlanta."

Details

Resource ID:: hr005253
Subject:: Cobb, Ty, 1886-1961; Baseball players; Automobile travel--Georgia--Decatur; Automobiles; Photographic prints
Date:: 1909
Format:: 1 photographic print mounted on mat board ; image 4.25 x 6.5 in.
Department:: Ernie Harwell Sports Collection
Location:: Photographs-Biography-Cobb, Tyrus (Ty)
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.