Motorists in Maxwell car traveling on road near finish at New Orleans, Louisiana, 1912 Glidden Tour

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View of motorists in Maxwell car traveling on dirt road near finish in New Orleans, Louisiana during the 1912 Glidden Tour. Several cars follow closely behind. 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: "On stretch of road near finish, Glidden Tour, 1912. Tours--Glidden Tour, 1912."

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Creator:: Spooner & Wells
Resource ID:: na026788
Subject:: Automobiles--Louisiana--New Orleans; Maxwell-Briscoe Motor Company; 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 #7
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.