Motorists in Ford automobile crossing starting line, 1909 Giant's Despair Hill Climb

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View of motorists in Ford car crossing starting line at 1909 Giant's Despair Hill Climb in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. "Start" banner suspended over road. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, telephones 3472-3473 Columbus, 1931 Broadway, New York." Handwritten on back: "Hill Climbs--Giant's Despair Hill Climb, 1909."

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Creator:: Spooner & Wells
Resource ID:: na008286
Subject:: Automobiles--Pennsylvania--Wilkes-Barre; Ford automobile; Hillclimbing (Automobile racing)--Pennsylvania--Wilkes-Barre; Photographers--New York (State)--New York; Photographic prints
Date:: 1909
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 4.75 x 6.75 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Collection:: Lazarnick Collection
Location:: Hill Climbs--Giant's Despair Hill Climb, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., 1909 #3
Negative Number:: Negative #C10,068
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.