Motorists with Flanders automobile on roadside, 1912 Glidden pathfinding expedition
Description:
View of motorists with Flanders electric car on roadside during the pathfinding expedition for the 1912 Glidden Tour. The pathfinding tour covered a route from Detroit, Michigan to New Orleans, Louisiana, but the 1912 Glidden Tour was canceled. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, 1231 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich., telephone North 1745." Handwritten on back: "Some rocky and then a 'Thank you Mum' too hard for an electric, 1912."