Chief Gadzic testing brakes of Buick truck, 1911 Chicago Reliability Run
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Description
View of Chief Gadzic and passenger testing the brakes of Buick truck during 1911 reliability contest sponsored by the Chicago Motor Club. 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: "Buick being tested by Chief Gadzic of Technical Committee in brake tests. Tours--Chicago Reliability Run, 1911."
Details
- Creator:
- Spooner & Wells
- Resource ID:
- na020243
- Subject:
- Trucks--Middle West
- 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 #1
- Negative Number:
- Negative #C17,820
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.