Motorists posing in 1909 Palmer-Singer automobile, 1909 Quaker City Motor Club Roadability Run

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Description

View of motorists posing in 1909 Palmer-Singer car during the 1909 Quaker City Motor Club Roadability Run. The endurance contest covered a route from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Atlantic City, New Jersey. Spectators on sidewalk in background. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, telephones 3472-3473 Columbus, 1931 Broadway, New York." Handwritten on back: "Q.C.M.C. run Phila. to Pittsburg. Palmer & Singer at start. Palmer Singer, 1909."

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Creator:: Spooner & Wells
Resource ID:: na051824
Subject:: Automobiles--Middle Atlantic States; Palmer & Singer Manufacturing Company; Automobile driving--Competitions--Middle Atlantic States; Automobile travel--Middle Atlantic 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
Location:: Palmer-Singer
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.