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Temple Abernathy starting Brush automobile, 1910 Abernathy Kids New York to Oklahoma Tour

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Description

View of Temple Abernathy starting Brush car. Louis Abernathy is behind wheel. Banner on car reads: "This car is being driven from New York to Oklahoma City, Okla. by the Abernathy kids, who rode their bronchos from Oklahoma City to New York to meet Roosevelt." Onlookers in background. In 1910, Louis and Temple Abernathy, ages 9 and 6, drove a Brush car from New York to Oklahoma City. They were accompanied by their father, Jack, and other motorists. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, telephones 3472-3473 Columbus, 1931 Broadway, New York." Handwritten on back: "Tours--Abernathy Kids New York to Oklahoma Tour, 1910."

Details

Creator:: Spooner & Wells
Resource ID:: na045374
Subject:: Automobiles; Brush Runabout Company; Abernathy, Louis, 1900-; Abernathy, Temple, 1904-; Automobile travel--United States; Photographers--New York (State)--New York; Photographic prints
Date:: 1910
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 5 x 7 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Collection:: Lazarnick Collection
Location:: Tours--Abernathy Kids New York to Oklahoma Tour, 1910, #2
Negative Number:: C17,243
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.