Mayor Oscar Marx shaking hands with M.A. Croker, 1914 Saxon 135 mile a day endurance run
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Description
View of Detroit mayor Oscar Marx shaking hands with M.A. Croker, driver of the Saxon car, at the finish of the 135 mile a day endurance run. The run ended in Detroit, Michigan. Spectators in background. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, 221 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich." Handwritten on back: "Mayor Marx of Detroit congratulating M.A. Croker, driver of the 135 mile a day Saxon car, after the latter has been presented with Pontchartrain cup, at the end of the 30 day run, 5/9/'14. Tours--Saxon 135 mile a day endurance run, 1914."
Details
- Creator:
- Spooner & Wells
- Resource ID:
- na030975
- Subject:
- Marx, Oscar B., 1866-1923
- Mayors--Michigan--Detroit
- Automobiles--Michigan--Detroit
- Saxon Motor Car Company
- Automobile drivers--Michigan--Detroit
- Automobile travel
- Photographers--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1914-05-09
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 4.5 x 6.5 in.
- Department:
- National Automotive History Collection
- Collection:
- Lazarnick Collection
- Location:
- Tours--Saxon 135 mile a day endurance run, 1914
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.