Motorists in Gramm truck, 1911 Chicago Reliability Run
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Description
View of driver and passenger in Gramm truck no. 2 during the 1911 reliability contest sponsored by the Chicago Motor Club. Contestants traveled on routes through Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Michigan. "Gramm, two ton capacity, the Gramm Motor Car Co., Lima, Ohio" painted on side of truck; commercial buildings in background. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, 1231 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich., telephone North 1745." Handwritten on back: "Tours--Chicago Reliability Run, 1911."
Details
- Creator:
- Spooner & Wells
- Resource ID:
- na020368
- Subject:
- Trucks--Middle West
- Gramm Motor Truck Company
- Motor vehicle driving--Competitions--Middle West
- Photographers--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1911
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 5 x 7 in.
- Department:
- National Automotive History Collection
- Collection:
- Lazarnick Collection
- Location:
- Tours--Chicago Reliability Run, 1911 #6
- Negative Number:
- Negative #C17,945
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.