Motorists in trucks at Gulch Hill near Battle Creek, Michigan, 1911 Chicago Reliability Run
Description:
View of drivers in trucks at Gulch Hill near Battle Creek, Michigan, during the 1911 reliability contest sponsored by the Chicago Motor Club. Onlookers stand in road; photographer with camera on tripod on roadside. Contestants traveled on routes through Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Michigan. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, 1231 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich., telephone North 1745." Handwritten on back: "Tours--Chicago Reliability Run, 1911."