W.O. Westgard speaking with unidentified man, Detroit, Michigan, 1912 Glidden pathfinding expedition

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Description

View of W.O. Westgard, standing next to Flanders electric car, speaking with an unidentified man in Detroit, Michigan, at the start of the pathfinding expedition for the 1912 Glidden Tour. Onlookers in background. The pathfinding tour covered a route from Detroit, Michigan to New Orleans, Louisiana, but the 1912 Glidden Tour was canceled. Handwritten on back: "Pathfinder leaving Detroit for New Orleans, 1912."

Details

Resource ID:: na044168
Subject:: Electric automobiles--Michigan--Detroit; Flanders Manufacturing Company; 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.