Children and motorists posing in Pullman automobile, 1909 New York Orphans Day outing

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Description

View of children and motorists posing in Pullman car during the 1909 annual excursion for orphans sponsored by the Orphan's Automobile Day Committee of New York. Car is decorated with "Dreamland" pennants. Approximately 1,800 children were taken on a trip to the Dreamland amusement park at Coney Island. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, telephones 3472-3473 Columbus, 1931 Broadway, New York." Handwritten on back: "Tours--New York Orphans Day outing, 1909."

Details

Creator:: Spooner & Wells
Resource ID:: na029166
Subject:: Pullman automobile; Photographers--New York (State)--New York; Photographic prints
Date:: 1909-06-11
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 4.75 x 6.75 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Collection:: Lazarnick Collection
Location:: Tours--New York Orphans Day outing, 1909 #1
Negative Number:: C27,158
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.