Motorists in Chalmers "30" press automobile, 1911 Cleveland Reliability Run
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Description
Rear view of driver and passengers in Chalmers "30" press car traveling on rural road during the 1911 three-day reliability contest sponsored by the Cleveland News. Sign on back of car reads: "Chalmers 30, winner of Glidden trophy, 1910 Annual Reliability Tour." Contestants followed routes through Ohio and West Virginia. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, 1231 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich., telephone North 1745." Handwritten on back: "Tours--Cleveland Reliability Run, 1911."
Details
- Creator:
- Spooner & Wells
- Resource ID:
- na020450
- Subject:
- Automobiles--East (U.S.)
- Chalmers Motor Company
- Rural roads--East (U.S.)
- Automobile driving--Competitions--East (U.S.)
- Automobile travel--East (U.S.)
- Photographers--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1911-07
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 5 x 7 in.
- Department:
- National Automotive History Collection
- Collection:
- Lazarnick Collection
- Location:
- Tours--Cleveland Reliability Run, 1911 #2
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.