Motorists in Pierce-Arrow automobile crossing the North Platte River Bridge, 1909 Glidden Tour
Description:
View of motorists in Pierce-Arrow car no. 8 crossing the bridge of the North Platte River in Nebraska, during the 1909 Glidden Tour. Stamped on back: "Photo by N. Lazarnick, 29 West 42nd Street, N.Y., tel. 594 Bryant." Handwritten on back: "Pierce-Arrow. Model 48SS touring car. 6 cy., 48 h.p., 130" whb. Entrant: Col. Charles Clifton. Driver: Forbes S. Dey. Mechanic: E.M. Grady. AAA observer: C.M. Babbit. Passenger: Ed. Westlake. Tour car #8. Contestant for the Charles J. Glidden trophy in the Sixth Annual Reliability Touring Contest of the American Automobile Association. Conducted 12-30 July 1909. 2638.8 miles starting at Detroit, finished at Kansas City. Pierce-Arrow, 1909."
