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Title
Sign for the 1909 Glidden Tour, Detroit, Mich.
Creator
Lazarnick, Nathan

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Glidden Tour (1909 : Detroit, Mich.)

Subject
Signs and signboards--Michigan--Detroit

Subject
Commercial buildings--Michigan--Detroit

Item Number
EB01f010

Relation
Lazarnick Collection

Type
image

Description
4.5x6.75 black and white photograph of a sign on top of the Pere Marquette Canadian Pacific building, reads "Detroit's Leaders" at top, sign depicts a Roman chariot race. Caption on photo back: "The best sign in the world open for tourists." July 10, 1909. Negative #C21,395.

Sign for the 1909 Glidden Tour, Detroit, Mich.

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