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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
EB01f095

Relation
Lazarnick Collection

Type
image

Description
4.5x6.75 black and white photograph of a parade float with illustrations of tire-making process, two men in overalls on top of float, driver in motoring outfit, sign on float reads "Tire Builders." Morgan & Wright float in the automobile parade at Detroit, Mich., July 10, 1909. Negative #C21,415. Photo edges cut unevenly.

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

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