Motorists with electric automobiles, 1911 Electric Suburbaning Contest
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View of motorists with electric cars parked next to brick building during the 1911 Electric Suburbaning Contest on Long Island, New York. Detroit Electric car no. 10 on left. Sponsored by the Electric Automobile Dealers' Association of New York City, the contest highlighted the advantages of the electric car for suburban use. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, telephones 3472-3473 Columbus, 1931 Broadway, New York." Handwritten on back: "Tours--Electric Suburbaning Contest, 1911."