Chillco Large Image Collection

: W.O. Westgard and Charles Ross with Flanders automobile, 1912 Glidden pathfinding expedition; View of W.O. Westgard and Charles Ross with Flanders electric car on roadside during the pathfinding expedition for the 1912 Glidden Tour. The pathfinding tour covered a route from Detroit, Michigan to New Orleans, Louisiana, but the 1912 Glidden Tour was canceled. Handwritten on back: "Pathfinder Westgard & driver Ross, 1912."

: W.O. Westgard and Hazel Flanders posing with Flanders automobile, Detroit, Michigan, 1912 Glidden pathfinding expedition; View of W.O. Westgard, Hazel Flanders and others, posing with Flanders electric car in Detroit, Michigan, at the start of the pathfinding expedition for the 1912 Glidden Tour. The pathfinding tour covered a route from Detroit, Michigan to New Orleans, Louisiana, but the 1912 Glidden Tour was canceled. Handwritten on back: "Pathfinder leaving Detroit for New Orleans, 1912."

: W.O. Westgard and man with Flanders automobile at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1912 Glidden pathfinding expedition; View of W.O. Westgard and unidentified man posing with Flanders electric car at Baton Rouge, Louisiana during the pathfinding expedition for the 1912 Glidden Tour. The pathfinding tour covered a route from Detroit, Michigan to New Orleans, Louisiana, but the 1912 Glidden Tour was canceled. Handwritten on back: "Pathfinder in Baton Rouge, 1912. Tours--Glidden Tour, 1912."

: W.O. Westgard and men posing with Flanders automobile, Nashville, Tennessee, 1912 Glidden pathfinding expedition; View of W.O. Westgard and three men posing with Flanders electric car in front of building at Nashville, Tennessee during the pathfinding expedition for the 1912 Glidden Tour. The pathfinding tour covered a route from Detroit, Michigan to New Orleans, Louisiana, but the 1912 Glidden Tour was canceled. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, 1231 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich., telephone North 1745." Handwritten on back: "Pathfinders arrival at Nashvillle, in natty suits, 1912."

: W.O. Westgard and motorist posing with Flanders automobile at Darrow, Louisiana, 1912 Glidden pathfinding expedition; View of W.O. Westgard and unidentified man posing with Flanders electric car at Darrow, Louisiana during the pathfinding expedition for the 1912 Glidden Tour. The pathfinding tour covered a route from Detroit, Michigan to New Orleans, Louisiana, but the 1912 Glidden Tour was canceled. Handwritten on back: "Pathfinder in Darrow, La., 1912. Tours--Glidden Tour, 1912."

: W.O. Westgard and motorists with Everitt automobile, 1912 Glidden pathfinding expedition; View of W.O. Westgard and motorists standing next to Everitt car during the 1912 Glidden Tour. Although the official 1912 Glidden Tour was canceled, Charles Glidden led a caravan over the identical route that had been originally planned, from Detroit, Michigan to New Orleans, Louisiana. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, 1231 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich., telephone North 1745." Handwritten on back: "Everitt, a conference, 1912. Tours--Glidden Tour, 1912."

: W.O. Westgard and others posing with Flanders automobile, Detroit, Michigan, 1912 Glidden pathfinding expedition; View of W.O. Westgard, F. Ed. Spooner, Hazel Flanders and others posing with Flanders electric car in Detroit, Michigan, at the start of the pathfinding expedition for the 1912 Glidden Tour. The pathfinding tour covered a route from Detroit, Michigan to New Orleans, Louisiana, but the 1912 Glidden Tour was canceled. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, 1231 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich., telephone North 1745." Handwritten on back: "Pathfinders starting on trip to New Orleans (leaving Detroit)."

: W.O. Westgard and two motorists, 1912 Glidden pathfinding expedition; View of W.O. Westgard and two unidentified men posing in front of stone building during the pathfinding expedition for the 1912 Glidden Tour. The pathfinding tour covered a route from Detroit, Michigan to New Orleans, Louisiana, but the 1912 Glidden Tour was canceled. Handwritten on back: "Tours--Glidden Tour, 1912."

: W.O. Westgard and unidentified man with Flanders automobile at Darrow, Louisiana, 1912 Glidden pathfinding expedition; View of W.O. Westgard and unidentified man posing with Flanders electric car at Darrow, Louisiana during the pathfinding expedition for the 1912 Glidden Tour. The pathfinding tour covered a route from Detroit, Michigan to New Orleans, Louisiana, but the 1912 Glidden Tour was canceled. Handwritten on back: "Pathfinder in Darrow, La., 1912. Tours--Glidden Tour, 1912."

: W.O. Westgard asking men for directions near Clayton, Mississippi, 1912 Glidden pathfinding expedition; View of W.O. Westgard, in Flanders electric car, asking men on horseback for directions near Clayton, Mississippi during the pathfinding expedition for the 1912 Glidden Tour. The pathfinding tour covered a route from Detroit, Michigan to New Orleans, Louisiana, but the 1912 Glidden Tour was canceled. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, 1231 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich., telephone North 1745." Handwritten on back: "Pathfinders asking the way near Clayton, Miss., 1912."

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