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Motorists with electric automobiles, 1911 Electric Suburbaning Contest

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Description

View of motorists with four electric cars parked in street during the 1911 Electric Suburbaning Contest on Long Island, New York. Sponsored by the Electric Automobile Dealers' Association of New York City, the contest highlighted the advantages of the electric car for suburban use. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, telephones 3472-3473 Columbus, 1931 Broadway, New York." Handwritten on back: "Tours--Electric Suburbaning Contest, 1911."

Details

Creator:: Spooner & Wells
Resource ID:: na020552
Subject:: Electric automobiles--New York (State)--Long Island; Electric automobiles--Competitions--New York (State)--Long Island; Photographers--New York (State)--New York; Photographic prints
Date:: 1911-06-14
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 5 x 7 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Collection:: Lazarnick Collection
Location:: Tours--Electric Suburbaning Contest, 1911
Negative Number:: Negative #C17,990
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.