W.O. Westgard asking men for directions near Tunica, Mississippi, 1912 Glidden pathfinding expedition

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W.O. Westgard asking men for directions near Tunica, Mississippi, 1912 Glidden pathfinding expedition
Description:
View of W.O. Westgard, in Flanders electric car, asking men on horseback for directions near Tunica, Mississippi 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. Handwritten on back: "Pathfinders asking the way near Tunica, Miss., 1912."
Details
Resource ID:
na044235
Subject:
Electric automobiles--Mississippi
Flanders Manufacturing Company
African American men--Mississippi
Horses--Mississippi
Glidden Tour (1912)
Automobile travel--United States
Photographic prints
Date Issued:
1912
Format:
1 photographic print ; 4.5 x 6.5 in.
Member of:
National Automotive History Collection
Lazarnick Collection
Filing Location:
General photograph files, Flanders electric (Pathfinder tour, 1912)
Rights:
Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.