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Title
Participants getting gasoline, at the 1909 Glidden Tour
Creator
Lazarnick, Nathan

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Glidden Tour (1909 : Detroit, Mich.)

Subject
Automobile racing--United States--History

Subject
Commercial buildings

Item Number
EB01g772

Relation
Lazarnick Collection

Type
image

Description
4.75x6.75 black and white photograph of participants putting gasoline in cars under sign "Blymers 76 Gasoline and Auto Oils" strung across street, cans of gasoline in street, commercial buildings in the background, a large group of spectators looking on, at the 1909 Glidden Tour. Negative #C21,362.

Participants getting gasoline, at the 1909 Glidden Tour

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