Truck being towed on rural road, 1913 Overman tires 10,000 mile demonstration
Grab
Description
View of truck owned by Chas. A. O'Connell General Hauling being towed on rural dirt road during the 1913 Overman tires 10,000 mile demonstration. Men stand in road with ropes; truck owned by Conrad Sebolt Storage in background. Motorists with National car on right. The National 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: "Mar-6-1913." 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:
- na030570
- Subject:
- Automobiles
- National Motor Vehicle Company
- Trucks--Towing
- Trucks
- Automobiles--Tires--Testing
- Automobile travel--Middle Atlantic States
- Photographers--New York (State)--New York
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1913-03-06
- 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 #5
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.