Motorists in Chalmers automobile traveling on sandy road, 1911 Touring Club of America Good Roads Tour

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Description

Rear view of motorists in Chalmers car traveling on rutted sandy road during the 1911 Good Roads Tour sponsored by the Touring Club of America. Banner on back of car reads: "Ask us what it is, and we'll tell you, Chalmers." 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:: na031173
Subject:: Automobiles; Chalmers Motor Company; Dirt roads; 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, #4
Negative Number:: Negative #C27,609
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.