George Otis Draper and chauffeur in 1905 Packard Model N automobile, prior to start of 1905 Glidden Tour
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View of George Otis Draper and chauffeur in 1905 Packard Model N car, prior to start of 1905 Glidden Tour. Stamped on back: "Photo by F. Ed. Spooner, 1536 B'way, telephone 6536-38th St., New York, N.Y." Handwritten on back: "Packard, 1905. 1905 Glidden Tour. 1905 Packard Model 'N', 4 cy., 28 h.p., 106" whb, 2-p. roadster. Tour car #10 (finished tour with clean record). Second annual reliability touring contest of the A.A.A. (First Glidden Tour), New York to Bretton Woods and return, 11-22 July 1905, 870 miles. Entrant: George Otis Draper of Hopedale, Mass. accompanied by chauffeur. Original photograph by F. Ed. Spooner. Photographed on Fifth Avenue just north of 57th Street (Cornelius Vanderbilt residence right background) in N.Y.C. prior to the start of the tour."
