Driver in Matheson racecar, 1909 Giant's Despair Hill Climb

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Driver in Matheson racecar, 1909 Giant's Despair Hill Climb
Description:
View of driver in Matheson Six 1910 Model racecar at 1909 Giant's Despair Hill Climb in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Crowd of spectators in background. Printed on front: "Matheson Six 1910 Model $3000 equipped stock car breaking all stock car records in the National Hill Climbing Contest up Giants' Despair Mountain, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., May 30th, 1909. Time, 1:58." Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, telephones 3472-3473 Columbus, 1931 Broadway, New York." Handwritten on back: "Hill Climbs--Giant's Despair Hill Climb, 1909."
Details
Resource ID:
na008597
Creator:
Spooner & Wells
Subject:
Automobiles, Racing--Pennsylvania--Wilkes-Barre
Matheson Motor Car Company
Hillclimbing (Automobile racing)--Pennsylvania--Wilkes-Barre
Photographers--New York (State)--New York
Photographic prints
Date Issued:
1909-05-30
Format:
1 photographic print ; 7.5 x 9.25 in.
Member of:
National Automotive History Collection
Lazarnick Collection
Filing Location:
Hill Climbs--Giant's Despair Hill Climb, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., 1909 #3
Rights:
Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.