Motorists posing in 1908 Cadillac Model S automobile, 1909 New York Economy Contest
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Description
View of driver and passenger posing in 1908 Cadillac Model S car no. 9 during the 1909 New York Economy Contest. Sign on car reads: "1 gallon test, N.Y.A.T.A., 9." The one-gallon efficiency contest was sponsored by the New York Automobile Trade Association as part of its second annual automobile carnival. Stamped on back: "Spooner and Wells, 1931 Broadway, New York, duplicates any time, enlargements all sizes, tel. 3472-3473 Col., credit appreciated." Handwritten on back: "1908 Cadillac Model S, 1 cy., 10 h.p., 82" whb., 2-p. runabout straight line styling with rear-facing auxiliary seat. Photograph by Spooner & Wells, 1932 Broadway, NYC. NYAMA [sic] 1-gallon test car #9."
Details
- Creator:
- Spooner & Wells
- Resource ID:
- na042500
- Subject:
- Cadillac automobile
- Automobile driving--Competitions--New York (State)
- Automobile travel--New York (State)
- Fur garments
- Photographers--New York (State)--New York
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1909-05
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 4.75 x 6.5 in.
- Department:
- National Automotive History Collection
- Collection:
- Lazarnick Collection
- Location:
- General photograph files, Cadillac, 1908
- Negative Number:
- 46,654
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.