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Convict helping motorists dislodge Hupmobile automobile from muddy road, Florida, Hupmobile United American Tour

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Description

View of convict helping motorists dislodge Hupmobile car on muddy rural road near Tallahassee, Florida during the Hupmobile United American Tour. Convict wears striped uniform. The tour was also known as the Hupmobile Capital-to-Capital tour. Label on back: "Florida is also using her convicts for good road making. This shows the Hupmobile on a new convict road near Tallahassee. Heavy rains have made the going extremely hard. Sent by the Hupp Motor Car Corp." Stamped on back: "N. Lazarnick, photographer, 246 W. 42nd St., N.Y." Handwritten on back: "Hupp tour, 1916."

Details

Creator:: Lazarnick, Nathan
Resource ID:: na028231
Subject:: Hupp automobile; Dirt roads--Florida; Prisoners--Florida; Automobile travel--United States; Photographers--New York (State)--New York; Photographic prints
Date:: 1916-1917
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 5 x 7 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Collection:: Lazarnick Collection
Location:: Tours--Hupmobile United American Tour, 1916-17 #17
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.