Roberta Marks and passengers posing in Columbia automobile, 1911 Glidden Tour

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Description

View of Roberta "Birdie" Marks and passengers posing in Columbia car no. 49 during the 1911 Glidden Tour. Marks was the only woman driver in the Tour. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, telephones 3472-3473 Columbus, 1931 Broadway, New York." Handwritten on back: "Columbia, 1911."

Details

Creator:: Spooner & Wells
Resource ID:: na043343
Subject:: Automobiles; Columbia Motor Car Company; Women automobile drivers; Glidden Tour (1911); Automobile driving--Competitions--United States; Photographers--New York (State)--New York; Photographic prints
Date:: 1911-10
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 5 x 7 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Collection:: Lazarnick Collection
Location:: General photograph files, Columbia (Connecticut), 1910-1912
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.