Spectators surrounding Hupmobile automobile at Detroit, Michigan, 1914 Hupmobile Baton Rouge to Detroit tour
Description:
View of spectators surrounding Hupmobile car in front of the Pontchartrain Hotel at Detroit, Michigan. Wheel covers read: "Sealed hood Hupmobile, Baton Rouge, La., Detroit, Mich., 1700 miles." Sign displayed on car reads: "Join the Hupmobile family and get the utmost in motor car service and satisfaction, Capital City Auto Co." Fred Perkins drove a Hupmobile with sealed hood, crank handle and battery box 1700 miles from Baton Rouge, Louisiana to Detroit, Michigan. Handwritten on back: "Photo taken for Hupp Motor Car Co. Tours--Hupmobile Baton Rouge to Detroit, 1914."
