A.M. Robbins and passengers in Abbott-Detroit automobile at Petoskey, Michigan, 1912 Chicago Reliability Run

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Description

View of A.M. Robbins and passengers in Abbott-Detroit car in Petoskey, Michigan during the 1912 reliability contest sponsored by the Chicago Motor Club. Contestants circled Lake Michigan, passing through Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan and Indiana. Commercial buildings in background. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, 1231 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich., telephone North 1745." Handwritten on back: "A.M. Robbins in Abbott-Detroit reaches Petoskey, Chicago Reliability Run, 1912. Tours--Chicago Reliability Run, 1912." Image is reversed.

Details

Creator:: Spooner & Wells
Resource ID:: na020400
Subject:: Automobiles--Michigan--Petoskey; Abbott Motor Company; Streets--Michigan--Petoskey; 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.