Motorists with automobiles at Greenwood, Mississippi, 1912 Glidden Tour
Description:
View of motorists with cars at Greenwood, Mississippi during the 1912 Glidden Tour. Men walk across field littered with lengths of pipe; wooden fence in background. Although the official 1912 Glidden Tour was canceled, Charles Glidden led a caravan over the identical route that had been originally planned, from Detroit, Michigan to New Orleans, Louisiana. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, 1231 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich., telephone North 1745." Handwritten on back: "Stop at Greenwood, Miss., Glidden Tour, 1912. Tours--Glidden Tour, 1912."