Motorists in Ideal truck at South Bend, Indiana, 1911 Chicago Reliability Run
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Description
View of driver and passenger in Ideal truck no. 39 at South Bend, Indiana during the 1911 reliability contest sponsored by the Chicago Motor Club. Contestants traveled on routes through Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Michigan. "Model F one ton truck, made 1800 miles in 100 hours with full load, four state tour" sign on truck bed; woman and dog cross street. The Oliver hotel in background. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, 1231 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich., telephone North 1745." Handwritten on back: "Tours--Chicago Reliability Run, 1911."
Details
- Creator:
- Spooner & Wells
- Resource ID:
- na020288
- Subject:
- Trucks--Middle West
- Ideal Auto Company
- Motor vehicle driving--Competitions--Middle West
- Photographers--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1911
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 5 x 6.75 in.
- Department:
- National Automotive History Collection
- Collection:
- Lazarnick Collection
- Location:
- Tours--Chicago Reliability Run, 1911 #3
- Negative Number:
- Negative #C17,866
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.