Henry Clapp and Erwin Markham in 1895 Duryea phaeton automobile
Description:
View of Henry Clapp and Erwin Markham posing in an 1895 Duryea phaeton. Handwritten on sleeve: "Subject: Duryea--automobile. Collection: MS3/Charles E. Duryea Collection. Date: c.1894-1895. Source: Estate of Charles E. & M. Jerry Duryea. I.D.: Duryea phaeton. Winner Chicago Times-Herald race, 1895. Seated left to right, Henry Clapp and Erwin Markham, early Duryea financial backers." Stamped on back: "Lazelle's [undecipherable], Springfield, Mass." Handwritten on back: Henry Clapp. left. Erwin Markham, right, early Duryea financial backers. 1895 Duryea 'Chicago car." Springfield, Mass., Duryea."
