Decoration of Mercury driving an automobile, 1909 Chicago Auto Show

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Decoration of Mercury driving an automobile, 1909 Chicago Auto Show
Description:
Close-up view of roundel, depicting Mercury wearing winged helmet and driving a car, during the 1909 Chicago Auto Show at the Coliseum and First Regiment Armory in Chicago, Illinois. Raised scrollwork decorates roundel. Stamped on back: "Spooner and Wells, 1931 Broadway, New York, duplicates any time, enlargements all sizes, tel. 3472-3473 Col., credit appreciated." Handwritten on back: "Shows--Chicago Auto Show, 1909."
Details
Resource ID:
na017484
Creator:
Spooner & Wells
Subject:
Mercury (Roman deity)--Art
Roundels (Windows)--Illinois--Chicago
Chicago Auto Show (1909)
Trade shows--Illinois--Chicago
Photographers--New York (State)--New York
Photographic prints
Date Issued:
1909-02
Format:
1 photographic print ; 6.5 x 8.5 in.
Member of:
National Automotive History Collection
Lazarnick Collection
Filing Location:
Shows--Chicago Auto Show, 1909 #3
Rights:
Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.