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Title
Group of men in front of the Hotel Pontchartrain for the start of the 1909 Glidden Tour, Detroit, Mich.
Creator
Lazarnick, Nathan

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Glidden Tour (1909 : Detroit, Mich.)

Subject
Hotels--Michigan--Detroit

Subject
Men's clothing--United States--History

Item Number
EB01f013

Relation
Lazarnick Collection

Type
image

Description
4.5x6.75 black and white photograph of the front entrance of the Pontchartrain Hotel, downtown Detroit, decorated with United States flags and flowers, sign reads "Headquarters Glidden Tour, A.A.A. Frank B. Hower, Chairman Contest Board," crowd of men in front of hotel entrance. Caption on photo back: "F. B. Hower was his own best advertiser at the Pontchartrain Hotel." Negative #C22,396.

Group of men in front of the Hotel Pontchartrain for the start of the 1909 Glidden Tour, Detroit, Mich.

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