Motorists in automobile traveling on rural road, 1909 Philadelphia to Wilkes-Barre endurance run

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Motorists in automobile traveling on rural road, 1909 Philadelphia to Wilkes-Barre endurance run
Description:
View of motorists in car traveling on rural dirt road between Chester, Pennsylvania and German Valley, New Jersey during the 1909 endurance run from Philadelphia to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Bridge in background. Sponsored by the Quaker City Motor Club, the contest followed a route through Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, telephones 3472-3473 Columbus, 1931 Broadway, New York." Handwritten on back: "Between Chester and German Valley. Tours--Philadelphia to Wilkes-Barre, 1909."
Details
Resource ID:
na030833
Creator:
Spooner & Wells
Subject:
Automobiles
Rural roads
Bridges
Automobile driving--Competitions--Middle Atlantic States
Photographers--New York (State)--New York
Photographic prints
Date Issued:
1909
Format:
1 photographic print ; 4.75 x 6.75 in.
Member of:
National Automotive History Collection
Lazarnick Collection
Filing Location:
Tours--Philadelphia to Wilkes-Barre, 1909 #1
Rights:
Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.