Driver in racecar at starting line, 1909 Giant's Despair Hill Climb

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Description

View of driver in racecar at starting line at 1909 Giant's Despair Hill Climb in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. "Start" banner over road; spectators stand in front of wooden-frame building decorated with "Firestone tires sold everywhere" banner. Handwritten on back: "Hill Climbs--Giant's Despair Hill Climb, 1909."

Details

Resource ID:: na008237
Subject:: Automobiles, Racing--Pennsylvania--Wilkes-Barre; Automobile racing fans--Pennsylvania--Wilkes-Barre; Banners--Pennsylvania--Wilkes-Barre; Hillclimbing (Automobile racing)--Pennsylvania--Wilkes-Barre; 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 #1
Negative Number:: Negative #C10,017
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.