Motorists in 1909 Peerless automobile at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1909 Harrisburg Endurance Run

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Description

View of motorists in a 1909 Peerless car at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania during the 1909 Harrisburg Endurance Run. Spectators surround car; Bolton Hotel in background. Sponsored by the Motor Club of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the reliability contest covered routes through Maryland, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, telephones 3472-3473 Columbus, 1931 Broadway, New York." Handwritten on back: "Peerless, 1909."

Details

Creator:: Spooner & Wells
Resource ID:: na047223
Subject:: Peerless automobile; Hotels--Pennsylvania--Harrisburg; Spectators--Pennsylvania--Harrisburg; Automobile driving--Competitions--Middle Atlantic States; Automobile travel--Middle Atlantic States; Photographers--New York (State)--New York; Photographic prints
Date:: 1909-05-04
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 4.5 x 6.5 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Collection:: Lazarnick Collection
Location:: General photograph files, Peerless, 1907-1909
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.