Driver in official Buick baggage truck at South Bend, Indiana, 1911 Chicago Reliability Run

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Description

View of driver in official Buick baggage truck at South Bend, Indiana during 1911 reliability contest sponsored by the Chicago Motor Club. The Oliver hotel in background. 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: "Tours--Chicago Reliability Run, 1911."

Details

Creator:: Spooner & Wells
Resource ID:: na020287
Subject:: Trucks--Indiana--South Bend; Buick Motor 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 #C17,865
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.