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Title
Starter's cannon ready for the start of the 1909 Glidden Tour, Detroit, Mich.
Creator
Lazarnick, Nathan

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Glidden Tour (1909 : Detroit, Mich.)

Subject
Automobile racing--United States--History

Subject
Breitmeyer, Philip, 1864-1941

Item Number
EB01f213

Relation
Lazarnick Collection

Type
image

Description
4.5x6.75 black and white photograph of Mayor Breitmeyer, with other officials, and starter's cannon in middle of street, partial view of contestant's car; crowd of onlookers at start of the Glidden Tour, Detroit, Mich., July 12, 1909. Negative #C22,769.

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