Motorists in Chalmers-Detroit pathfinder automobile, 1911 Chicago Reliability Run
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Description
View of driver and passengers in Chalmers-Detroit pathfinder car during 1911 reliability contest sponsored by the Chicago Motor Club. Sign on side of car reads: "Chicago Evening American, pathfinder, Commercial Vehicle Reliability Run." Contestants traveled on routes through Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Michigan. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, 1231 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich., telephone North 1745." Handwritten on back: "The Chalmers Detroit pathfinder at the finish. Tours--Chicago Reliability Run, 1911."
Details
- Creator:
- Spooner & Wells
- Resource ID:
- na020250
- Subject:
- Automobiles--Middle West
- Chalmers-Detroit Motor Company
- Motor vehicle driving--Competitions--Middle West
- Photographers--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1911
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 4.5 x 6.5 in.
- Department:
- National Automotive History Collection
- Collection:
- Lazarnick Collection
- Location:
- Tours--Chicago Reliability Run, 1911 #1
- Negative Number:
- Negative #C17,827
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.