Motorists in Marmon and Maxwell automobiles traveling on rural road, 1909 Philadelphia to Wilkes-Barre endurance run
Description:
View of motorists in Marmon and Maxwell cars traveling on rural dirt road during the 1909 endurance run from Philadelphia to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. 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: "[undecipherable] Roads Hotel. Maxwell and Marmon turning to left for Chester. Tours--Philadelphia to Wilkes-Barre, 1909."
