Men greeting motorists in Flanders automobile at Sheffield, Alabama, 1912 Glidden pathfinding expedition

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Description

View of men greeting motorists in Flanders electric car on rural dirt road at Sheffield, Alabama during the pathfinding expedition for the 1912 Glidden Tour. The pathfinding tour covered a route from Detroit, Michigan to New Orleans, Louisiana, but the 1912 Glidden Tour was canceled. Handwritten on back: "Sheffield reception committee, 1912."

Details

Resource ID:: na044056
Subject:: Electric automobiles--Alabama--Sheffield; Flanders Manufacturing Company; Dirt roads--Alabama--Sheffield; Glidden Tour (1912); Automobile travel--United States; Photographic prints
Date:: 1912
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 4.5 x 6.5 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Collection:: Lazarnick Collection
Location:: General photograph files, Flanders electric (Pathfinder tour, 1912)
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.