Staver and Abbott-Detroit automobiles on rural road near Charlevoix, Michigan, 1912 Chicago Reliability Run
Description:
View of E.T. Knudsen in Staver car and A.M. Robbins in Abbott-Detroit car on rural road near Charlevoix, Michigan during the 1912 reliability contest sponsored by the Chicago Motor Club. Contestants circled Lake Michigan, passing through Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan and Indiana. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, 1231 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich., telephone North 1745." Handwritten on back: "E.T. Knudsen in perfect score Staver passing M.A. [sic] Robbins in Abbott near Charlevoix, Chicago Reliability Run, 1912. Tours--Chicago Reliability Run, 1912."
