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Title
Two participating cars ready for the start of the 1909 Glidden Tour automobile parade in Detroit
Creator
Lazarnick, Nathan

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Glidden Tour (1909 : Detroit, Mich.)

Subject
Parades--Michigan--Detroit

Subject
Automobile racing drivers--United States--History

Item Number
EB01f016

Relation
Lazarnick Collection

Type
image

Description
4.5x6.75 black and white photograph of two participating cars, left side view, each has a driver and passenger, front car has #19 on rear side, with sign mounted on hood. Matson in #19 Chalmers, winner of the Indiana Trophy Race and Knipper in the Chalmers-Detroit pathfinding car from Denver to the City of Mexico, ready for the start in the automobile parade, July 10th, 1909. Negative #C21,379.

Two participating cars ready for the start of the 1909 Glidden Tour automobile parade in Detroit

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