Man getting into Flanders automobile at Flanders farm, 1912 Glidden pathfinding expedition

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View of man getting into Flanders electric car at the farm of Walter E. Flanders, Orchard Lake, Michigan, during the pathfinding expedition for the 1912 Glidden Tour. The American Press Humorists were hosted at an event at the farm. The pathfinding tour covered a route from Detroit, Michigan to New Orleans, Louisiana, but the 1912 Glidden Tour was canceled. Handwritten on back: "Press humorists at Mr. Flanders farm, Sept., 1912. Tours--Glidden Tour, 1912."

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Resource ID:: na026695
Subject:: Electric automobiles--Michigan--Orchard Lake; Flanders Manufacturing Company; Flanders, Walter E. (Walter Emmett), 1871-1923--Homes and haunts--Michigan--Orchard Lake; Glidden Tour (1912); Automobile travel--United States; Photographic prints
Date:: 1912-09
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 4.5 x 6.5 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Collection:: Lazarnick Collection
Location:: Tours--Glidden Tour, 1912 #6
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.