Motorists in Hewitt truck, 1911 Chicago Reliability Run
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Description
View of driver and passenger in Hewitt truck no. 6 parked on roadside with front wheels on curb during the 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: "Tours--Chicago Reliability Run, 1911."
Details
- Creator:
- Spooner & Wells
- Resource ID:
- na020255
- Subject:
- Trucks--Middle West
- Hewitt Motor Company
- Motor vehicle driving--Competitions--Middle West
- Photographers--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1911
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 5 x 7 in.
- Department:
- National Automotive History Collection
- Collection:
- Lazarnick Collection
- Location:
- Tours--Chicago Reliability Run, 1911 #1
- Negative Number:
- Negative #C17,832
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.