Driver in truck lodged on side of rural road, 1911 Chicago Reliability Run

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Description

View of driver in truck lodged on side of rural road during the 1911 reliability contest sponsored by the Chicago Motor Club. Horses in background. Contestants traveled on routes through Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Michigan. 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:: na020338
Subject:: Trucks--Middle West; Rural roads--Middle West; 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 #5
Negative Number:: Negative #C17,915
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.