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Title
Man leaning against car, 1909 Glidden Tour, Detroit, Mich.
Creator
Lazarnick, Nathan

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Glidden Tour (1909 : Detroit, Mich.)

Subject
Automobile racing--United States--History

Subject
Automobile drivers--Clothing

Item Number
EB01f180

Relation
Lazarnick Collection

Type
image

Description
4.5x6.75 black and white photograph of a man with motoring goggles leaning on a covered car. Caption on photo back: "One of the tourists at the start of the sixth annual Glidden Tour (i.e., Sixth Annual Reliability Run of the American Automobile Association)," Detroit, Mich., July 12, 1909. Negative #C21,527.

Man leaning against car, 1909 Glidden Tour, Detroit, Mich.

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