Mechanic stamping front axle on 1909 Stearns automobile, 1909 Ocean to Ocean, New York to Seattle contest

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Description

View of a mechanic stamping the front axle on 1909 Stearns car no. 3 during the 1909 Ocean to Ocean, New York to Seattle contest. Watering can in foreground; onlookers in background. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, telephones 3472-3473 Columbus, 1931 Broadway, New York." Handwritten on back: "Stearns, 1909."

Details

Creator:: Spooner & Wells
Resource ID:: na051769
Subject:: Automobiles; F.B. Stearns Company; Automobile mechanics; Automobile driving--Competitions--United States; Photographers--New York (State)--New York; Photographic prints
Date:: 1909
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 4.75 x 6.75 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Collection:: Lazarnick Collection
Location:: Tours--Ocean to Ocean, New York to Seattle, 1909
Negative Number:: C17,085
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.