Charles Jerome Edwards and passengers in 1905 Cadillac automobile, 1905 Glidden Tour
View of Charles Jerome Edwards and passengers in 1905 Cadillac Model D car in New York, New York, during the 1905 Glidden Tour. Stamped on back: "Photo by F. Ed. Spooner, 1536 B'way, telephone 6536-38th St., New York, N.Y." Handwritten on back: 1905 Cadillac Model D ~ 4 cy, 100" whb, 30 hp. Side entrance tonneau, 5-p. touring (same car as & 3-4 passengers an in Spooner negative #4473. This photograph taken on Fifth Ave. near 58th St., NYC (Cornelius Vanderbilt residence right back, ground), at the start of the tour. Original photograph: F. Ed. Spooner, 1536 Broadway, N.Y.C. Negative #4461. 1905 Glidden Tour car #9 (New York, Bretton Woods, New York). Officially: Second Annual Reliability Touring Contest of the American Automobile Association. 11-22, July 1905 ~ 870 miles. Entrant: C.J. Edwards, Brooklyn. Passengers: [blank]. Did not finish tour, steering gear was broken due to car upsetting on bridge at Conway on the last day of the trip, causing late arrival in New York, after the closing."
- Creator:
- Spooner, F. Ed.
- Resource ID:
- na042477
- Subject:
- Cadillac automobile
- Glidden Tour (1905)
- Automobile driving--Competitions--United States
- Photographers--New York (State)--New York
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1905
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 8 x 10 in.
- Department:
- National Automotive History Collection
- Collection:
- Lazarnick Collection
- Location:
- General photograph files, Cadillac, 1905
- Negative Number:
- 4,461
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.