Motorists in Pierce-Arrow automobile crossing the North Platte River Bridge, 1909 Glidden Tour
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Description
View of motorists in Pierce-Arrow car no. 8 crossing the bridge of the North Platte River in Nebraska, during the 1909 Glidden Tour. Stamped on back: "Photo by N. Lazarnick, 29 West 42nd Street, N.Y., tel. 594 Bryant." Handwritten on back: "Pierce-Arrow. Model 48SS touring car. 6 cy., 48 h.p., 130" whb. Entrant: Col. Charles Clifton. Driver: Forbes S. Dey. Mechanic: E.M. Grady. AAA observer: C.M. Babbit. Passenger: Ed. Westlake. Tour car #8. Contestant for the Charles J. Glidden trophy in the Sixth Annual Reliability Touring Contest of the American Automobile Association. Conducted 12-30 July 1909. 2638.8 miles starting at Detroit, finished at Kansas City. Pierce-Arrow, 1909."
Details
- Creator:
- Lazarnick, Nathan
- Resource ID:
- na047278
- Subject:
- Pierce-Arrow automobile
- Glidden Tour (1909)
- Wooden bridges--Nebraska
- Automobile driving--Competitions--United States
- Photographers--New York (State)--New York
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1909-07
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 4.5 x 6.5 in.
- Department:
- National Automotive History Collection
- Collection:
- Lazarnick Collection
- Location:
- General photograph files, Pierce-Arrow, 1909
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.