Motorists in automobile fording a stream near Sheffield, Alabama, 1912 Glidden Tour

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Description

View of motorists in car fording a stream or river near Sheffield, Alabama during the 1912 Glidden Tour. Although the official 1912 Glidden Tour was canceled, Charles Glidden led a caravan over the identical route that had been originally planned, from Detroit, Michigan to New Orleans, Louisiana. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, 1231 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich., telephone North 1745." Handwritten on back: "Crossing a ford near Sheffield, Glidden Tour, 1912. Tours--Glidden Tour, 1912."

Details

Creator:: Spooner & Wells
Resource ID:: na026669
Subject:: Automobiles--Alabama; Rivers--Alabama; Glidden Tour (1912); Automobile travel--United States; Photographers--Michigan--Detroit; Photographic prints
Date:: 1912-10
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 4.5 x 6.5 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Collection:: Lazarnick Collection
Location:: Tours--Glidden Tour, 1912 #5
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.