Automobiles and motorists gathered near scene of accident involving Cunningham automobile, 1911 Glidden Tour

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Description

View of cars and motorists gathered in road near scene of accident involving Cunningham referee car during the 1911 Glidden Tour. Chalmers car on left displaying "Ask us what it is and we'll tell you, Chalmers" sign on back of car. Chairman Samuel M. Butler was killed in the crash. 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:: na025975
Subject:: Automobiles; Traffic accidents; Chalmers Motor Company; 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 #18
Negative Number:: Negative #C24,725
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.