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Title
Father Cadillac float, 1909 Glidden Tour automobile parade, Detroit, Mich.
Creator
Lazarnick, Nathan

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Glidden Tour (1909 : Detroit, Mich.)

Subject
Parades--Michigan--Detroit

Subject
Cadillac, Antoine Laumet de Lamothe, 1658-1730

Item Number
EB01f088

Relation
Lazarnick Collection

Type
image

Description
4.5x6.75 black and white photograph of front view of parade float, man dressed at Antoine Cadillac standing at front, holding a flag, men dressed as American Indians in back, followed by car parade on Belle Isle. Detroit, Mich., July 10, 1909. Negative #C21,402. Photo edges cut unevenly.

Father Cadillac float, 1909 Glidden Tour automobile parade, Detroit, Mich.

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