Motorists posing in Stephenson truck, 1911 Chicago Reliability Run

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Description

View of driver and passenger posing in Stephenson truck no. 36 during the 1911 reliability contest sponsored by the Chicago Motor Club. Contestants traveled on routes through Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Michigan. Commercial buildings in background. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, 1231 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich., telephone North 1745." Handwritten on back: "Stephenson, ca. 1911."

Details

Creator:: Spooner & Wells
Resource ID:: na046987
Subject:: Trucks; Stephenson Motor Truck Company; Motor vehicle driving--Competitions--Middle West; Photographers--Michigan--Detroit; Photographic prints
Date:: 1911
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 4.75 x 6.75 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Collection:: Lazarnick Collection
Location:: General photograph files, Motor trucks--Stephenson
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.