Chief Gadzic testing brakes of Buick truck, 1911 Chicago Reliability Run

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Chief Gadzic testing brakes of Buick truck, 1911 Chicago Reliability Run
Description:
View of Chief Gadzic and passenger testing the brakes of Buick truck during 1911 reliability contest sponsored by the Chicago Motor Club. Contestants traveled on routes through Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Michigan. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, 1231 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich., telephone North 1745." Handwritten on back: "Buick being tested by Chief Gadzic of Technical Committee in brake tests. Tours--Chicago Reliability Run, 1911."
Details
Resource ID:
na020243
Creator:
Spooner & Wells
Subject:
Trucks--Middle West
Buick Motor Company
Motor vehicle driving--Competitions--Middle West
Photographers--Michigan--Detroit
Photographic prints
Date Issued:
1911
Format:
1 photographic print ; 5 x 6.75 in.
Member of:
National Automotive History Collection
Lazarnick Collection
Filing Location:
Tours--Chicago Reliability Run, 1911 #1
Negative Number:
Negative #C17,820
Rights:
Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.