Motorists posing in Maxwell automobiles at Lincoln Memorial, Hodgenville, Kentucky, 1912 Glidden Tour

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Description

View of motorists posing with Maxwell cars at the Lincoln Memorial in Hodgenville, Kentucky during the 1912 Glidden Tour. 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: "Stop at Lincoln's Monument, Glidden Tour, 1912. Tours--Glidden Tour, 1912."

Details

Creator:: Spooner & Wells
Resource ID:: na026608
Subject:: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Monuments--Kentucky--Hodgenville; Maxwell-Briscoe Motor Company; Automobiles--Kentucky--Hodgenville; 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 #4
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.