James Taylor with R.C.H. automobile on bridge near St. Ignace, Michigan, 1912 Chicago Reliability Run

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Description

View of James Taylor with R.C.H. car on rustic wooden bridge near St. Ignace, 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: "Stop for water on bridge, R.C.H., Jas. Taylor, near St. Ignace, Chicago Reliability Run, 1912. Tours--Chicago Reliability Run, 1912."

Details

Creator:: Spooner & Wells
Resource ID:: na020404
Subject:: Automobiles--Michigan--Saint Ignace; Wooden bridges--Michigan--Saint Ignace; Hupp Motor Car Company; 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.