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Title
Waiting for start of 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
EB01f182

Relation
Lazarnick Collection

Type
image

Description
4.5x6.75 black and white photograph of two men sitting on edge of ladder next to building (Pontchartrain Hotel?), one in suit, the other in motoring outfit, two male onlookers on right, boy on left. Sixth annual Glidden Tour (i.e., Sixth Annual Reliability Run of the American Automobile Association), Detroit, Mich., July 12, 1909. Negative #C21,526. Photo edges cut unevenly.

Waiting for start of 1909 Glidden Tour, Detroit, Mich.

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