Motorists in Lion "40" automobile, 1911 Cleveland Reliability Run

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Description

View of driver and passengers posing with Lion "40" car during the 1911 three-day reliability contest sponsored by the Cleveland News. Contestants followed routes through Ohio and West Virginia. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, 1231 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich., telephone North 1745." Handwritten on back: "Tours--Cleveland Reliability Run, 1911."

Details

Creator:: Spooner & Wells
Resource ID:: na020425
Subject:: Automobiles--East (U.S.); Lion Motor Car Company; Automobile driving--Competitions--East (U.S.); Automobile travel--East (U.S.); Photographers--Michigan--Detroit; Photographic prints
Date:: 1911-07
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 5 x 7 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Collection:: Lazarnick Collection
Location:: Tours--Cleveland Reliability Run, 1911 #1
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.