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Title
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Spaulding Automobile on the Steps of the Iowa State Capitol
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Description
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Photograph of a Spaulding automobile on the steps of the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines, Iowa. The legend on the verso of the photo says: "The only loaded car to climb Iowa State Capital [sic] steps -- Climbed steps both west and east side of Capital [sic] building." Occupants of car are identified as follows: Front seat: E.H. Spaulding in drivers seat; Hal Wells in passenger seat. Rear seat, left to right: C.B. Kurtz, Spaulding Manufacturing Motor Car department Supt.; Fred Claiborne, part owner Claiborne Reno Paint Co,.Des Moines, and director of River to River; unidentified; Geo. L. Towne, realtor, Des Moines. Hal Wells held the cross state record in the River to River road race and the world's dirt road record, made in October 1913. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-4, Spaulding Company.
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Date Created
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1913
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PID
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grinnell:11832