Motorists in automobile preparing to cross Back Creek near Roanoke, Virginia, 1911 Glidden Tour

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Description

Distant view of motorists in car preparing to cross Back Creek near Roanoke, Virginia during the 1911 Glidden Tour. Spectators watch from riverbank and wooden bridge in background. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, telephones 3472-3473 Columbus, 1931 Broadway, New York." Handwritten on back: "Tours--Glidden Tour, 1911."

Details

Creator:: Spooner & Wells
Resource ID:: na025632
Subject:: Automobiles--Virginia; Rivers--Virginia; Wooden bridges--Virginia; Glidden Tour (1911); Automobile driving--Competitions--United States; Photographers--New York (State)--New York; Photographic prints
Date:: 1911-10
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 5 x 7 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Collection:: Lazarnick Collection
Location:: Tours--Glidden Tour, 1911 #4
Negative Number:: Negative #C24,392
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.