Motorists posing in Franklin automobile, 1909 Quaker City Motor Club Roadability Run

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Description

View of motorists posing in Franklin car during the 1909 Quaker City Motor Club Roadability Run. The endurance contest covered a route from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Atlantic City, New Jersey. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, telephones 3472-3473 Columbus, 1931 Broadway, New York." Handwritten on back: "Q.C.M.C. run Phila. to Pittsburg. Franklin car entering Pottsville. Franklin, ca. '09."

Details

Creator:: Spooner & Wells
Resource ID:: na044315
Subject:: Franklin automobile; Automobile driving--Competitions--Middle Atlantic States; Automobile travel--Middle Atlantic States; Photographers--New York (State)--New York; Photographic prints
Date:: 1909
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 4.75 x 6.75 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Collection:: Lazarnick Collection
Location:: General photograph files, Franklin, 1909
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.