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Title
"Yellow Kids" in the 1909 Glidden Tour automobile parade, Detroit, Mich.
Creator
Lazarnick, Nathan

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Glidden Tour (1909 : Detroit, Mich.)

Subject
Boys--Michigan--Detroit

Subject
Automobile drivers--Clothing

Item Number
EB01f064

Relation
Lazarnick Collection

Type
image

Description
4.5x6.75 black and white photograph of a group of young boys on, and in front of, car dressed in motoring dusters, goggles and hats, holding small signs that say "Morgan & Wright Tires Are Good Tires," crowd standing in background. The Morgan & Wright Tire "Yellow Kids," automobile parade at Detroit, Mich., July 10, 1909. Negative #C21,445. Photo edges cut unevenly.

"Yellow Kids" in the 1909 Glidden Tour automobile parade, Detroit, Mich.

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