Charles Glidden in Maxwell automobile in front of Hotel Anthony, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1912 Glidden Tour

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View of Charles Glidden sitting in back seat of Maxwell car in front of the Hotel Anthony at Fort Wayne, Indiana 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: "Glidden tourists at Hotel Anthony. Tours--Glidden Tour, 1912."

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Creator:: Spooner & Wells
Resource ID:: na026601
Subject:: Automobiles--Indiana--Fort Wayne; Maxwell-Briscoe Motor Company; Glidden, Charles J. (Charles Jasper), 1857-1927; 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 #4
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.