Children and motorists in Manhattan truck, 1909 New York Orphans Day outing
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Description
Rear view of children and motorists in Manhattan trucks during the 1909 annual excursion for orphans sponsored by the Orphan's Automobile Day Committee of New York. Trucks are decorated with "Dreamland" pennants and "To Dreamland" banners. 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:
- na029188
- Subject:
- Trucks--New York (State)--New York
- Manhattan Motor Truck Company
- Orphans--New York (State)--New York
- Children--New York (State)--New York
- Photographers--New York (State)--New York
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1909-06-11
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 4.5 x 6.75 in.
- Department:
- National Automotive History Collection
- Collection:
- Lazarnick Collection
- Location:
- Tours--New York Orphans Day outing, 1909 #2
- Negative Number:
- C27,184
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.