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Title
Crowd and trolley in front of the Pontchartrain Hotel at 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
Hotels--Michigan--Detroit

Item Number
EB01f193

Relation
Lazarnick Collection

Type
image

Description
4.5x6.75 black and white photograph of aerial view of crowd of people and trolley in front of the Pontchartrain Hotel, sign reads "Glidden Tour Starts From Here," horse and carriage on left, car on right. Glidden Tour at Detroit, Mich., 1909. Negative #C22,949. Photo edges cut unevenly.

Crowd and trolley in front of the Pontchartrain Hotel at start of 1909 Glidden Tour, Detroit, Mich.

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