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Title
Season's winners in the 1909 Glidden Tour automobile parade, Detroit, Mich.
Creator
Lazarnick, Nathan

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Glidden Tour (1909 : Detroit, Mich.)

Subject
Parades--Michigan--Detroit

Subject
Streets--Michigan--Detroit

Item Number
EB01f024

Relation
Lazarnick Collection

Type
image

Description
4.5x6.75 black and white photograph of participating cars coming down street, crowd at left side, streetcars on right, sign at far left reads "Post cards 1 cent each," center sign "Souvenirs, Automobiles to rent," sign at right reads "Donovan's Cafe, Public & Private dining rooms up stairs." Harry Bill, Mgr. of the Chalmers-Detroit Co., leads the season's winners in the automobile parade at Detroit, Mich., July 10, 1909. Negative #C21,369. Possible thumbprint obstructing middle portion of photo.

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