Motorists in trucks at Gulch Hill near Battle Creek, Michigan, 1911 Chicago Reliability Run

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Description

View of drivers in trucks at Gulch Hill near Battle Creek, Michigan, during the 1911 reliability contest sponsored by the Chicago Motor Club. Onlookers stand in road; photographer with camera on tripod on roadside. 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:: na020297
Subject:: Trucks--Michigan--Battle Creek; 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 #3
Negative Number:: Negative #C17,875
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.