Howard Earle Coffin driving 1901 Coffin steam automobile
Description:
View of Howard Earle Coffin driving a 1901 Coffin steamer. Label on front: "This photograph is property of N. Lazarnick. Same must not be copied or reproduced without written permission." Handwritten on front: "N. Lazarnick. Howard E. Coffin." Stamped on back: "Photographic illustration by Nick Lazarnick, 230 Park Ave., N.Y." and "Lazarnick, photographic illustrations, 230 Park Avenue, New York Central Building, New York City, Tel. Vanderbilt 3-0011-2-3-4" and "Photo by N. Lazarnick." Handwritten on back: "Built by Howard Coffin while at U of M. Steam car is still at U of M. (See p. 13 of the Staebler papers, Mich. Hist. Coll. Bul. #6, Dec. 53."