Flanders automobile at Memphis, Tennessee, 1912 Glidden pathfinding expedition
Description:
View of motorists and onlookers with Flanders electric car in Memphis, Tennessee during the pathfinding expedition for the 1912 Glidden Tour. Commercial Appeal building in background. The pathfinding tour covered a route from Detroit, Michigan to New Orleans, Louisiana, but the 1912 Glidden Tour was canceled. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, 1231 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich., telephone North 1745." Handwritten on back: "The Pathfinder attracted much attention on its appearance in Memphis, Tenn., 1912."
