Motorists walking up to governor's residence at Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1912 Glidden Tour

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Description

View of motorists walking up to governor's residence at Vicksburg, Mississippi during the 1912 Glidden Tour. Car in foreground. 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: "Tourists leaving cars for governor's home at Vicksburg, Glidden Tour, 1912. Tours--Glidden Tour, 1912."

Details

Creator:: Spooner & Wells
Resource ID:: na026766
Subject:: Automobiles--Mississippi--Vicksburg; 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 #7
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.