A.C. Crowder greeting W.O. Westgard at Jackson, Mississippi, 1912 Glidden pathfinding expedition

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Description

View of Mayor A.C. Crowder greeting W.O. Westgard in front of Flanders electric car at Jackson, Mississippi during the pathfinding expedition for the 1912 Glidden Tour. The pathfinding tour covered a route from Detroit, Michigan to New Orleans, Louisiana, but the 1912 Glidden Tour was canceled. Handwritten on back: "Mayor Crowder of Jackson greets the Pathfinder, 1912. Tours--Glidden Tour, 1912."

Details

Resource ID:: na026484
Subject:: Electric automobiles--Mississippi--Jackson; Flanders Manufacturing Company; Mayors--Mississippi--Jackson; Glidden Tour (1912); Automobile travel--United States; Photographic prints
Date:: 1912
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 4.5 x 6.5 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Collection:: Lazarnick Collection
Location:: Tours--Glidden Tour, 1912 #1
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.