Motorists in Franklin automobile traveling on rural road, 1909 New York Economy Contest

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Description

View of motorists in Franklin car traveling on rural dirt road during the 1909 New York Economy Contest. Wooden-frame house in background. The one-gallon efficiency contest was sponsored by the New York Automobile Trade Association as part of its second annual automobile carnival. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, telephones 3472-3473 Columbus, 1931 Broadway, New York." Handwritten on back: "Tours--New York Economy Contest, 1909."

Details

Creator:: Spooner & Wells
Resource ID:: na029068
Subject:: Franklin automobile; Automobile driving--Competitions--New York (State); Automobile travel--New York (State); Photographers--New York (State)--New York; Photographic prints
Date:: 1909-05
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 4.5 x 6.75 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Collection:: Lazarnick Collection
Location:: Tours--New York Economy Contest, 1909 #2
Negative Number:: C27,117
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.