Motorists with automobiles in front of house on bank of Mississippi River, 1912 Glidden Tour

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Description

View of motorists with several cars in front of one-story wooden-frame house on banks of Mississippi River 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: "Noon hour on Mississippi banks, Glidden Tour, 1912. Tours--Glidden Tour, 1912."

Details

Creator:: Spooner & Wells
Resource ID:: na026793
Subject:: Automobiles; Wooden-frame houses; 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 #8
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.