Children and motorists in Manhattan truck, 1909 New York Orphans Day outing

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Children and motorists in Manhattan truck, 1909 New York Orphans Day outing
Description:
Rear view of children and motorists in Manhattan trucks during the 1909 annual excursion for orphans sponsored by the Orphan's Automobile Day Committee of New York. Trucks are decorated with "Dreamland" pennants and "To Dreamland" banners. Approximately 1,800 children were taken on a trip to the Dreamland amusement park at Coney Island. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, telephones 3472-3473 Columbus, 1931 Broadway, New York." Handwritten on back: "Tours--New York Orphans Day outing, 1909."
Details
Resource ID:
na029188
Creator:
Spooner & Wells
Subject:
Trucks--New York (State)--New York
Manhattan Motor Truck Company
Orphans--New York (State)--New York
Children--New York (State)--New York
Photographers--New York (State)--New York
Photographic prints
Date Issued:
1909-06-11
Format:
1 photographic print ; 4.5 x 6.75 in.
Member of:
National Automotive History Collection
Lazarnick Collection
Filing Location:
Tours--New York Orphans Day outing, 1909 #2
Negative Number:
C27,184
Rights:
Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.