Motorists posing in Stephenson truck, 1911 Chicago Reliability Run

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Motorists posing in Stephenson truck, 1911 Chicago Reliability Run
Description:
View of driver and passenger posing in Stephenson truck no. 36 during the 1911 reliability contest sponsored by the Chicago Motor Club. Banner on side of truck reads: "Stephenson Motor Truck Co., South Milwaukee, Wis." Contestants traveled on routes through Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Michigan. Commercial buildings in background. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, 1231 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich., telephone North 1745." Handwritten on back: "Stephenson, ca. 1911."
Details
Resource ID:
na046986
Creator:
Spooner & Wells
Subject:
Trucks
Stephenson Motor Truck Company
Motor vehicle driving--Competitions--Middle West
Photographers--Michigan--Detroit
Photographic prints
Date Issued:
1911
Format:
1 photographic print ; 5 x 7 in.
Member of:
National Automotive History Collection
Lazarnick Collection
Filing Location:
General photograph files, Motor trucks--Stephenson
Rights:
Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.