James Taylor and passengers in R.C.H. automobile driving on Rapid River hill in Michigan, 1912 Chicago Reliability Run

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Description

View of James Taylor and passengers in R.C.H. car passing horse-drawn wagon on Rapid River hill in 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: "Jas. Taylor in R.C.H. up Rapid River hill, Chicago Reliability Run, 1912. Tours--Chicago Reliability Run, 1912."

Details

Creator:: Spooner & Wells
Resource ID:: na020403
Subject:: Automobiles--Michigan; Horse-drawn vehicles--Michigan; Hupp Motor Car Company; Automobile driving--Competitions--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.