Motorists in automobile on rutted rural road, 1909 New York-Atlanta Good Roads Tour
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Description
Rear view of motorists in car on rutted rural dirt road during the 1909 New York to Atlanta Good Roads Tour. Sign on back of car reads: "This car's record; 208 miles per day for 100 consecutive days, Denver to Mexico City pathfinder, Munsey Tour pathfinder, Munsey Tour press car, has been driven altogether 40,000 miles, the paint is new." Stamped on back: "Photo by Spooner & Wells, Inc. 1931 Broadway, N.Y." Handwritten on back: "Tours--New York-Atlanta Good Roads Tour, 1909."
Details
- Creator:
- Spooner & Wells
- Resource ID:
- na029864
- Subject:
- Automobiles
- Dirt roads
- Rural roads
- Automobile driving--Competitions--East (U.S.)
- Automobile travel--East (U.S.)
- Photographers--New York (State)--New York
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1909
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 5 x 7 in.
- Department:
- National Automotive History Collection
- Collection:
- Lazarnick Collection
- Location:
- Tours--New York-Atlanta Good Roads Tour, 1909 #25
- Negative Number:
- Negative #C26,913
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.