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. Banner on side of truck reads: "Stephenson Motor Truck Co., South Milwaukee, Wis." 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:
- na046986
- Subject:
- Trucks
- Stephenson Motor Truck Company
- Motor vehicle driving--Competitions--Middle West
- Photographers--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1911
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 5 x 7 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.