Chicken crossing road in front of 1917 Hupmobile automobile, Covington, Kentucky, Hupmobile United American Tour

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Description

View of a chicken crossing the road in front of a 1917 Hupmobile car at Covington, Kentucky during the Hupmobile United American Tour. The tour was also known as the Hupmobile Capital-to-Capital tour. Label on back: "232. Why does a chicken cross the road. We don't know. We suppose that this chicken wanted to get to the other side; anyway, that is what happened at Covington, Ky. The Capitol [sic] to Capitol [sic] Hupmobile at Covington, Ky. Sent by the Hupp Motor Car Corp." Stamped on back: "Photo by N. Lazarnick, automobile photographer, 246 W. 42nd St., N.Y." Handwritten on back: "Hupmobile, 1917."

Details

Creator:: Lazarnick, Nathan
Resource ID:: na044823
Subject:: Hupp automobile; Chickens--Kentucky--Covington; Automobile travel--United States; Photographers--New York (State)--New York; Photographic prints
Date:: 1916-1917
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 5 x 7 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Location:: Hupmobile, 1917
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.