Band playing on Maxwell truck at Muncie, Indiana, 1912 Glidden Tour
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Description
Rear view of band musicians playing instruments on Maxwell truck at Muncie, Indiana during the 1912 Glidden Tour. Spectators stand on sidewalk; commercial buildings in background. 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: "The band wagon at Muncie, Ind., Glidden Tour, 1912. Tours--Glidden Tour, 1912."
Details
- Creator:
- Spooner & Wells
- Resource ID:
- na026660
- Subject:
- Bands (Music)--Indiana--Muncie
- Trucks--Indiana--Muncie
- Maxwell-Briscoe Motor Company
- 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 #5
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.