Motorists in National automobile approaching torii on roadside, 1913 Overman tires 10,000 mile demonstration

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Description

View of motorists in National car approaching wooden Japanese-style torii on roadside during the 1913 Overman tires 10,000 mile demonstration. Rustic shelters in background. The car was outfitted with a set of Overman cushion tires and driven over different routes and road surfaces within a 50 mile radius of New York, New York. Printed on front: "April-22-1913." Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, 1931 Broadway, N.Y. City, phones 3472-3473 Col." Handwritten on back: "Tours--Overman tires 10,000 mile demonstration, 1913."

Details

Creator:: Spooner & Wells
Resource ID:: na030753
Subject:: Automobiles; National Motor Vehicle Company; Torii; Automobiles--Tires--Testing; Automobile travel--Middle Atlantic States; Photographers--New York (State)--New York; Photographic prints
Date:: 1913-04-22
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 4.5 x 6.5 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Collection:: Lazarnick Collection
Location:: Tours--Overman tires 10,000 mile demonstration, 1913 #12
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.