Men posing with Flanders automobile at Jackson, Mississippi, 1912 Glidden pathfinding expedition

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Description

View of Mayor A.C. Crowder, W.O. Westgard and unidentified men posing with 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, Mr. Westgard & some local gentlemen of Jackson, Pathfinding trip, 1912. Tours--Glidden Tour, 1912."

Details

Resource ID:: na026481
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.