Motorists with R-C-H press automobile parked in front of church at Pine Township, Indiana, 1912 Chicago Reliability Run

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Description

View of motorists with R-C-H press car parked in front of rural brick and wooden-frame church in Pine Township, Indiana 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: "Watering at the church, R.C.H. press car was thirsty, Chicago Reliability Run, 1912. Tours--Chicago Reliability Run, 1912."

Details

Creator:: Spooner & Wells
Resource ID:: na020415
Subject:: Automobiles--Indiana--Pine Township; Rural churches--Indiana--Pine Township; 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.