Chalmers "30" press automobile and motorcyclist on roadside, 1911 Cleveland Reliability Run
Description:
Rear view of motorists with Chalmers "30" press car and man with motorcycle on side of rural road during the 1911 three-day reliability contest sponsored by the Cleveland News. Contestants followed routes through Ohio and West Virginia. Sign on back of car reads: "Chalmers 30, winner of Glidden trophy, 1910 Annual Reliability Tour." House behind trees on right. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, 1231 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich., telephone North 1745." Handwritten on back: "Tours--Cleveland Reliability Run, 1911."