Musicians in truck leading automobiles in parade at Detroit, Michigan, Hupmobile United American Tour
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Description
View of musicians in decorated truck leading Hupmobile car and other cars in parade at Detroit, Michigan during the Hupmobile United American Tour. Sign on truck reads: "Hupmobile United America Tour, all states, all capitols, one nation, one flag. Undertaken in the interest of good roads, started from Washington, Aug. 28th, will include all the capitals of every state in the Union. Visited 16 capitols to date, 32 more to go. Total of 20,000 miles, 3148 made to date." The tour was also known as the Hupmobile Capital-to-Capital tour. Handwritten on back: "Hupmobile United America [sic] tour, August 28, 1916 - January 21, 1917. Photo by William H. Krohn. Site is Detroit, Mi."
Details
- Creator:
- Krohn, William H.
- Resource ID:
- na028135
- Subject:
- Trucks--Michigan--Detroit
- Parades--Michigan--Detroit
- Hupp automobile
- Bands (Music)--Michigan--Detroit
- 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 #12
- Negative Number:
- Negative #C912
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.