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Title
Morgan & Wright float, 1909 Glidden Tour automobile parade, Detroit, Mich.
Creator
Lazarnick, Nathan

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Glidden Tour (1909 : Detroit, Mich.)

Subject
Parade floats--Michigan--Detroit

Subject
Automobiles--Tires--History

Item Number
EB01f092

Relation
Lazarnick Collection

Type
image

Description
4.5x6.75 black and white photograph of a parade float decorated with palms, seven African American males in native garb on float, with sign "Gathering Pure Para Rubber for Morgan & Wright Tires." The Morgan & Wright float in the automobile parade at Detroit, Mich., July 10, 1909. Negative #C21,430. Photo edges cut unevenly.

Morgan & Wright float, 1909 Glidden Tour automobile parade, Detroit, Mich.

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