Cannonball Baker in Stutz Bearcat roadster at Plains, Texas, 1915 transcontinental trip

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Description

View of Erwin George "Cannonball" Baker and photographer William Sturm in a Stutz Bearcat, Series F roadster in Plains, Texas during a 1915 transcontinental trip from San Diego, California to New York, New York. Three men stand in front of wooden-frame garage in background. "Gas, oil" is painted on building. Handwritten on back: "Garage at Plains, Tex., a town of 100 pop. Driver: Erwin George 'Cannonball' Baker. Passenger: William Sturm, photographer. Stutz trip, 1915."

Details

Resource ID:: na040110
Subject:: Stutz automobile; Baker, Cannonball, 1882-1960; Garages--Texas--Plains; Automobile travel--United States; Photographic prints
Date:: 1915
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Location:: Stutz trip, 1915
Negative Number:: 11,808 F-2
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.