Spectators surrounding Hupmobile automobile at Detroit, Michigan, 1914 Hupmobile Baton Rouge to Detroit tour

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View of spectators surrounding Hupmobile car in front of the Pontchartrain Hotel at Detroit, Michigan. Wheel covers read: "Sealed hood Hupmobile, Baton Rouge, La., Detroit, Mich., 1700 miles." Sign displayed on car reads: "Join the Hupmobile family and get the utmost in motor car service and satisfaction, Capital City Auto Co." Fred Perkins drove a Hupmobile with sealed hood, crank handle and battery box 1700 miles from Baton Rouge, Louisiana to Detroit, Michigan. Handwritten on back: "Photo taken for Hupp Motor Car Co. Tours--Hupmobile Baton Rouge to Detroit, 1914."

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Resource ID:: na027049
Subject:: Hupp automobile; Automobile travel; Photographic prints
Date:: 1914-07
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 4.5 x 6.5 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Collection:: Lazarnick Collection
Location:: Tours--Hupmobile Baton Rouge to Detroit tour, 1914
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.