Motorists presenting Captain Scott with medal in front of Montauk Point lighthouse, 1910 Montauk Point Reliability Run
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Description
View of motorists presenting Captain Scott with a gold medal in front of the Montauk Point lighthouse during the 1910 Montauk Point Reliability Run. The medal was to commemorate the arrival of the first car at the lighthouse. Sponsored by the Motor Contest Association, the two-day endurance run, also known as the "Montauk Light or Bust" reliability run, took place on Long Island. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, telephones 3472-3473 Columbus, 1931 Broadway, New York." Handwritten on back: "Tours--Montauk Point Reliability Run, 1910."
Details
- Creator:
- Spooner & Wells
- Resource ID:
- na027199
- Subject:
- Automobiles--New York (State)--Montauk Point
- Lighthouse keepers--New York (State)--Montauk Point
- Lighthouses--New York (State)--Montauk Point
- Automobile driving--Competitions--New York (State)--Long Island
- Automobile travel--New York (State)--Long Island
- Photographers--New York (State)--New York
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1910-06
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 5 x 7 in.
- Department:
- National Automotive History Collection
- Collection:
- Lazarnick Collection
- Location:
- Tours--Montauk Point Reliability Run, 1910 #1
- Negative Number:
- Negative #C25,222
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.