Federal truck lodged on side of rural road, 1911 Chicago Reliability Run

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Federal truck lodged on side of rural road, 1911 Chicago Reliability Run
Description:
View of Federal truck lodged on side of rural road during the 1911 reliability contest sponsored by the Chicago Motor Club. Group of onlookers stand behind fence. 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: "Drivers, officials, observers give Federal a hand out of deep hole. Tours--Chicago Reliability Run, 1911."
Details
Resource ID:
na020355
Creator:
Spooner & Wells
Subject:
Trucks--Middle West
Federal Motor Truck Company
Rural roads--Middle West
Motor vehicle driving--Competitions--Middle West
Photographers--Michigan--Detroit
Photographic prints
Date Issued:
1911
Format:
1 photographic print ; 4.75 x 6.75 in.
Member of:
National Automotive History Collection
Lazarnick Collection
Filing Location:
Tours--Chicago Reliability Run, 1911 #5
Negative Number:
Negative #C17,932
Rights:
Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.