Motorists posing in automobiles, 1909 Philadelphia to Wilkes-Barre endurance run

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Description

View of motorists posing in four cars during the 1909 endurance run from Philadelphia to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Commercial buildings in background. Sponsored by the Quaker City Motor Club, the contest followed a route through Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, telephones 3472-3473 Columbus, 1931 Broadway, New York." Handwritten on back: "Tours--Philadelphia to Wilkes-Barre, 1909."

Details

Creator:: Spooner & Wells
Resource ID:: na030847
Subject:: Automobiles; Automobile driving--Competitions--Middle Atlantic States; Photographers--New York (State)--New York; Photographic prints
Date:: 1909
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 4.75 x 6.5 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Collection:: Lazarnick Collection
Location:: Tours--Philadelphia to Wilkes-Barre, 1909 #1
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.