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Title
John Machesky in the Chalmers car #105, at the 1909 Glidden Tour
Creator
Lazarnick, Nathan

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Glidden Tour (1909 : Detroit, Mich.)

Subject
Bridges, Wooden

Subject
Automobile racing--United States--History

Item Number
EB01f898

Relation
Lazarnick Collection

Type
image

Description
4.5x6.5 black and white photograph of John Machesky in Chalmers #105 about to pass over a makeshift wooden bridge, man standing in foreground watching cars approaching on the prairie at the 1909 Glidden Tour. Negative #C21,941. Photo edges cut unevenly.

John Machesky in the Chalmers car #105, at the 1909 Glidden Tour

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