Woman and children posing in 1907 Cadillac Model M automobile, 1909 New York Orphans Day outing

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Description

View of a woman and children posing in a 1907 Cadillac Model M car, during the 1909 annual excursion for orphans sponsored by the Orphan's Automobile Day Committee of New York. Approximately 1,800 children were taken on a trip to the Dreamland amusement park at Coney Island. Handwritten on back: "1907 Cadillac Model M, 1 cy., 4 h.p., 4-p. straight-line touring. Photograph by Spooner & Wells, 1931 Broadway, NYC. NYC Orphans' parade. License plate: 2495 NJ 09."

Details

Creator:: Spooner & Wells
Resource ID:: na042492
Subject:: Cadillac automobile; Children--New York (State)--New York; Orphans--New York (State)--New York; Photographers--New York (State)--New York; Photographic prints
Date:: 1909-06-11
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 5 x 7 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Location:: Cadillac, 1907
Negative Number:: 18,947
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.