Flanders automobiles lined up in road at Flanders farm, 1912 Glidden pathfinding expedition
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Description
View of Flanders electric cars lined up in road 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. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, 1231 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich., telephone North 1745." Handwritten on back: "Press humorists at Mr. Flanders farm, Sept., 1912. Tours--Glidden Tour, 1912."
Details
- Creator:
- Spooner & Wells
- Resource ID:
- na026629
- 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
- Photographers--Michigan--Detroit
- 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 #5
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.