Automobile camping exhibit, 1909 New York Auto Show
Description:
View of Chalmers-Detroit "Forty" car with tent in automobile camping exhibit during the 1909 New York Auto Show held at Madison Square Garden. Portable table and chairs and simulated campfire in display. "Trekking on tires, automobile camping, the newest out o' door sport" sign in background. "Chalmers-Detroit 'Forty', loaned by Carl H. Page & Company, Broadway at 50th St." and "Automobile camping outfit complete loaned by Abercrombie & Fitch Co., 57 Reade St." on car and table, respectively. Handwritten on back: "Shows--New York Auto Show (Madison Square Garden exhibit), 1909."