Charles Jerome Edwards and passengers in 1905 Cadillac automobile, 1905 Glidden Tour
Description:
View of Charles Jerome Edwards and passengers in 1905 Cadillac Model D car no. 9 in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, during the 1905 Glidden Tour. Mt. Washington Hotel in background. Stamped on back: "Photo by F. Ed. Spooner, 1536 B'way, telephone 6536-38th St., New York, N.Y." Handwritten on back: 1905 Cadillac Model D ~ 4 cy, 100" whb, 30 hp. Side entrance tonneau, 5-p. touring (same car as in Spooner negative #4461). 1905 Glidden Tour car #9. (New York, Bretton Woods, New York) Second Annual Reliability Touring Contest of the American Automobile Association. 11-22 July 1905, 870 miles. Original photograph by F. Ed. Spooner, 1536 Broadway, NYC. Photograph taken before Mt. Washington Hotel, Bretton Woods, N.H. Entrant: C.J. Edwards, Brooklyn, N.Y. Passengers: [blank]. Car did not finish the tour. Steering gear was broken due to car upsetting on a bridge at Conway on the last day of the trip, causing arrival in New York after closing."
