J. Hanson and passengers in Case automobile near Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1912 Chicago Reliability Run

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Description

View of J. Hanson and passengers in Case car on rural road near Kalamazoo, 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: "J. Hanson in Case, early morning, near Kalamazoo, Chicago Reliability Run, 1912. Tours--Chicago Reliability Run, 1912."

Details

Creator:: Spooner & Wells
Resource ID:: na020414
Subject:: Automobiles--Michigan--Kalamazoo; J.I. Case Company; Rural roads--Michigan--Kalamazoo; 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.