Motorists in Chase truck crossing streetcar tracks at Jackson, Michigan, 1911 Chicago Reliability Run

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Description

View of driver and passenger in Chase truck no. 33 crossing tracks in front of streetcar in Jackson, Michigan during the 1911 reliability contest sponsored by the Chicago Motor Club. Contestants traveled on routes through Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Michigan. Commercial buildings in background. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, 1231 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich., telephone North 1745." Handwritten on back: "#33 Chase entering Jackson. Tours--Chicago Reliability Run, 1911."

Details

Creator:: Spooner & Wells
Resource ID:: na020348
Subject:: Trucks--Michigan--Jackson; Chase Motor Truck Company; Cable cars (Streetcars)--Michigan--Jackson; Motor vehicle driving--Competitions--Middle West; Photographers--Michigan--Detroit; Photographic prints
Date:: 1911
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 4.75 x 6.75 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Collection:: Lazarnick Collection
Location:: Tours--Chicago Reliability Run, 1911 #5
Negative Number:: Negative #C17,925
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.