1907 New Jersey Automobile and Motor Club endurance run photos
The 1907 New Jersey Automobile and Motor Club 24-hour endurance run was a notable early motoring event held on September 27–28, 1907. We know that Frederick C.J. Wiss and his brother Louis Wiss were involved with this club since its inception. He would have been 49 when these were taken.
Scientific American had an article on the test in their December 1907 issue.
The Club also ran other tests during this period, including a three-day, 415-mile run in June 1907.
There is also a page on The Wiss Family Cars
Frederick C.J. Wiss is standing up in back.
The car is a 1907 National. Likely a Model H.
Stamped on back: "Spooner and Wells, 1931 Broadway, New York, duplicates any time, enlargements all sizes, tel. 3472-3473 Col., credit appreciated." Handwritten on back: "F.E. Boland, National. N.J. endurance run. National, 1907." From the collection of the Detroit Public Library. 4.5 x 6.5 in.
FCJ sitting in the front passenger seat wearing a beaver overcoat. Newark mayor Jacob Haussling sits in rear seat. Handwritten on back: "Tours--New Jersey 24-Hour Endurance Run, 1907." The car is a Packard. From the collection of the Detroit Public Library. 4.5 x 6.25 in.
Front view of A.T. Purcell and passengers in Ford Six Model K car no. 16. It was 5th in the race. FCJ at left in beaver coat with back to the camera. Handwritten on back: "Tours--New Jersey 24-Hour Endurance Run, 1907." From the collection of the Detroit Public Library. 4.5 x 6.75 in.
FCJ at left in beaver coat with back to the camera. The car is a Maxwell. Handwritten on back: "Tours--New Jersey 24-Hour Endurance Run, 1907." From the collection of the Detroit Public Library. 4.5 x 6.5 in.
FCJ at left in beaver coat with back to the camera. The car is a Franklin. Handwritten on back: "Tours--New Jersey 24-Hour Endurance Run, 1907." From the collection of the Detroit Public Library. 4.5 x 6.5 in.
FCJ at left in beaver coat with back to the camera. The car is a a single-cylinder Hewitt runabout, the last on the race score list. The Hewitt company called it a physician's car, but it looks a bit outdated for 1907. Handwritten on back: "Tours--New Jersey 24-Hour Endurance Run, 1907." From the collection of the Detroit Public Library. 4.5 x 5.5 in.
FCJ at left in beaver coat with back to the camera. The car is a Maxwell. Handwritten on back: "Tours--New Jersey 24-Hour Endurance Run, 1907." From the collection of the Detroit Public Library. 4.5 x 6.25 in.
