TitleAcme car ready to go, 1909 Glidden Tour, Detroit, Mich.
CreatorLazarnick, Nathan
InstitutionDetroit Public Library
SubjectGlidden Tour (1909 : Detroit, Mich.)
SubjectAutomobile racing--United States--History
SubjectPolice--Clothing--Michigan--Detroit
Item NumberEB01f187
RelationLazarnick Collection
Type
image
Description4.5x6.75 black and white photograph of an Acme car, sign on hood reads "Secretary and starter, 1909 tour Acme Car No. 96." Starter Ferguson standing inside car, surrounded by a crowd of men in suits and straw hats, police officers directing crowd to the right, at start of the sixth annual Glidden Tour (i.e., Sixth Annual Reliability Run of the American Automobile Association), at Detroit, Mich., July 12, 1909. Negative #C21,481. Photo edges cut unevenly.
