Motorists in 1905 Locomobile automobile on Howe scale
Description:
View of Albert B. Hilton and motorists in 1905 Locomobile car, surrounded by onlookers. Car is being weighed on Howe scale. "Howe scale" sign in background. Fuel cans in foreground. Stamped on back: "Photo by F. Ed. Spooner, 1536 B'way, telephone 6536-38th St., New York, N.Y." Handwritten on back: "1905 Locomobile, type H, 4 cy., 30-35 h.p. 7-p. side-entrance tonneau touring car with cap top. Albert B. Hilton, 30-35 Locomobile. Weighing in at start of some trial in New York. NAHC/DPL has photographs of other cars (White & Cadillac, among others) being weighed in for this same run. Note: same car, at finish of the run, shown in Spooner negative #12448. Photograph by F. Ed. Spooner, 1536 Broadway, NYC."
