Trucks parked in street at Mier, Indiana, 1911 Chicago Reliability Run

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Trucks parked in street at Mier, Indiana, 1911 Chicago Reliability Run
Description:
View of group of men with trucks parked in street at Mier, Indiana during the 1911 reliability contest sponsored by the Chicago Motor Club. Contestants traveled on routes through Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Michigan. Businesses include Midway Garage and F.C. Hieber; "Mier" painted on water tower. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, 1231 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich., telephone North 1745." Handwritten on back: "Tours--Chicago Reliability Run, 1911."
Details
Resource ID:
na020380
Creator:
Spooner & Wells
Subject:
Trucks--Indiana--Mier
Streets--Indiana--Mier
Motor vehicle driving--Competitions--Middle West
Photographers--Michigan--Detroit
Photographic prints
Date Issued:
1911
Format:
1 photographic print ; 4.75 x 6.75 in.
Member of:
National Automotive History Collection
Lazarnick Collection
Filing Location:
Tours--Chicago Reliability Run, 1911 #6
Negative Number:
Negative #C17,957
Rights:
Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.