Men posing on "Chief Wauwatam" ferry, 1912 Chicago Reliability Run
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Description
View of group of men posing on deck of the "Chief Wauwatam" ferry, en route from St. Ignace to Mackinaw City, Michigan during the 1912 reliability contest sponsored by the Chicago Motor Club. Contestants circled Lake Michigan, passing through Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan and Indiana. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, 1231 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich., telephone North 1745." Handwritten on back: "Group on Chief Wauwatam ferry, St. Ignace to Mackinaw City, Chicago Reliability Run, 1912. Tours--Chicago Reliability Run, 1912."
Details
- Creator:
- Spooner & Wells
- Resource ID:
- na020387
- Subject:
- Ferries--Michigan
- Men--Michigan
- Portraits, Group
- Automobile driving--Competitions--Middle West
- Automobile travel--Middle West
- Photographers--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1912-10
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 4.5 x 6.5 in.
- Department:
- National Automotive History Collection
- Collection:
- Lazarnick Collection
- Location:
- Tours--Chicago Reliability Run, 1912
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.