Drivers posing with Darracq taxis in front of Plaza Hotel, New York

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Description

View of drivers posing with row of Darracq taxicabs in front of the Plaza Hotel in New York. Handwritten on back: "The introduction of the taxicab into the U.S. Here is Allen's fleet of Darracqs equipped with taximeters, and driven by smartly uniformed chauffeurs, as they were lined up in front of New York's Hotel Plaza on the gala night of its opening, the first Monday in October, 1907. Taxicabs--Darracq."

Details

Resource ID:: na019217
Subject:: Taxicabs; Taxicab drivers; A. Darracq and Company; Plaza Hotel (New York, N.Y.); Photographic prints
Date:: 1907-10
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 8 x 10 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Collection:: Lazarnick Collection
Location:: Taxicabs--Darracq
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.