W.F. Barnes driving Mercer racecar, 1911 Elgin National Stock Chassis races

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Description

View of W.F. Barnes driving Mercer car no. 12 during the 1911 Elgin National Stock Chassis races in Illinois. "[?] Battery Company, hospital tent" banner on fence in background. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, 1231 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich., telephone North 1745." Handwritten on back: "Barnes in Mercer #12."

Details

Creator:: Spooner & Wells
Resource ID:: na051607
Subject:: Automobiles, Racing--Illinois--Elgin; Mercer Automobile Company; Automobile racing--Illinois--Elgin; Photographers--Michigan--Detroit; Photographic prints
Date:: 1911-08
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 4.25 x 6.25 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Collection:: Lazarnick Collection
Location:: Races and racing--Elgin, 1911
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.