Motorists in Packard pilot automobile in front of Bellevue-Stratford Hotel, 1908 Philadelphia Legal Speed Run

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Description

View of motorists in Packard pilot car in front of the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel during the 1908 Philadelphia Legal Speed Run. Banner on side of car reads: "Legal Speed Run for Brazier Cup, pilot, Automobile Club of Philadelphia." Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, telephones 3472-3473 Columbus, 1931 Broadway, New York." Handwritten on back: "Packard pilot car. Tours--Philadelphia Legal Speed Run, 1908."

Details

Creator:: Spooner & Wells
Resource ID:: na030819
Subject:: Packard automobile; Hotels--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia; Automobile driving--Competitions--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia; Photographers--New York (State)--New York; Photographic prints
Date:: 1908
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 4.5 x 6.75 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Collection:: Lazarnick Collection
Location:: Tours--Philadelphia Legal Speed Run, 1908
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.