Men pushing truck up Gulch Hill near Battle Creek, Michigan, 1911 Chicago Reliability Run

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Description

Distant view of men pushing truck up Gulch Hill near Battle Creek, Michigan, during the 1911 reliability contest sponsored by the Chicago Motor Club. 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:: na020328
Subject:: Trucks--Michigan--Battle Creek; Motor vehicle driving--Competitions--Middle West; Photographers--Michigan--Detroit; Photographic prints
Date:: 1911
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 5 x 6.75 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Collection:: Lazarnick Collection
Location:: Tours--Chicago Reliability Run, 1911 #4
Negative Number:: Negative #C17,907
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.