Motorists in Chalmers automobile passing convict on dirt road, 1911 Touring Club of America Good Roads Tour

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Rear view of motorists in Chalmers car no. 1 passing a convict on dirt road during the 1911 Good Roads Tour sponsored by the Touring Club of America. Convict wears a striped uniform. The tour covered a route from Atlanta, Georgia to Richmond, Virginia. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, telephones 3472-3473 Columbus, 1931 Broadway, New York." Handwritten on back: "Tours--Touring Club of America tour, 1911."

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Creator:: Spooner & Wells
Resource ID:: na031154
Subject:: Automobiles; Chalmers Motor Company; Dirt roads; Prisoners; Automobile travel--South Atlantic States; Photographers--New York (State)--New York; Photographic prints
Date:: 1911
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 5 x 7 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Collection:: Lazarnick Collection
Location:: Tours--Touring Club of America tour, 1911, #3
Negative Number:: Negative #C27,590
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.