W.O. Westgard asking men for directions near Tunica, Mississippi, 1912 Glidden pathfinding expedition

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Description

View of W.O. Westgard, in Flanders electric car, asking men on horseback for directions near Tunica, Mississippi 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: "Pathfinders asking the way near Tunica, Miss., 1912."

Details

Resource ID:: na044235
Subject:: Electric automobiles--Mississippi; Flanders Manufacturing Company; African American men--Mississippi; Horses--Mississippi; 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.