Motorists with electric automobiles, 1911 Electric Suburbaning Contest
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View of motorists with four electric cars parked in street during the 1911 Electric Suburbaning Contest on Long Island, New York. Sponsored by the Electric Automobile Dealers' Association of New York City, the contest highlighted the advantages of the electric car for suburban use. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, telephones 3472-3473 Columbus, 1931 Broadway, New York." Handwritten on back: "Tours--Electric Suburbaning Contest, 1911."