Grand trophy, 1910 Munsey Historic Tour
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Description
View of grand trophy for the 1910 Munsey Historic Tour. Silver plaque depicts car driver and the god Mercury. Trophy reads: "Grand Trophy, Munsey Historic Tour, Aug. 16 to Aug. 27, 1910, 1550 miles. The Evening Times of Philadelphia, the Washington Times, the Boston Journal, the Baltimore News." Organized by the Munsey newspapers, the endurance contest covered a route through ten states. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, telephones 3472-3473 Columbus, 1931 Broadway, New York." Handwritten on back: "Tours--Munsey Historic Tour, 1910."
Details
- Creator:
- Spooner & Wells
- Resource ID:
- na027756
- Subject:
- Plaques, plaquettes
- Automobile driving--Competitions--Awards
- Mercury (Roman deity)
- Automobile driving--Competitions--East (U.S.)
- Automobile travel--East (U.S.)
- Photographers--New York (State)--New York
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1910-08
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 5 x 7 in.
- Department:
- National Automotive History Collection
- Collection:
- Lazarnick Collection
- Location:
- Tours--Munsey Historic Tour, 1910 #21
- Negative Number:
- C25,777
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.