Driver in Matheson racecar, 1909 Giant's Despair Hill Climb
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Description
View of driver in Matheson Six 1910 Model racecar at 1909 Giant's Despair Hill Climb in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Crowd of spectators in background. Printed on front: "Matheson Six 1910 Model $3000 equipped stock car breaking all stock car records in the National Hill Climbing Contest up Giants' Despair Mountain, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., May 30th, 1909. Time, 1:58." 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."
Details
- Creator:
- Spooner & Wells
- Resource ID:
- na008597
- Subject:
- Automobiles, Racing--Pennsylvania--Wilkes-Barre
- Matheson Motor Car Company
- Hillclimbing (Automobile racing)--Pennsylvania--Wilkes-Barre
- Photographers--New York (State)--New York
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1909-05-30
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 7.5 x 9.25 in.
- Department:
- National Automotive History Collection
- Collection:
- Lazarnick Collection
- Location:
- Hill Climbs--Giant's Despair Hill Climb, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., 1909 #3
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.