1963 Press Photo Road emergency expert Robert Nisbet of Auto Club of Michigan

Robert C. Nisbet, 58, heads the road services department of the Automobile Club of Michigan, part of the vast network of AAA facilities that criss-cross the United States. He recalls waiting a full week before receiving his first call from a motorist in distress when he took the job in 1924. The AAA of Michigan now has a radio-equipped control center which handles about 800 calls a day during the winter.

Photo is dated 1963.

Photo measures 8 x 10 inches.