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Title
Crowd lining street 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
Crowds--Michigan--Detroit

Item Number
EB01f205

Relation
Lazarnick Collection

Type
image

Description
4.5x6.75 black and white photograph of crowd of men, women, boys and band members lining street, uniformed man on horseback passing down middle, cars, horse and buggies waiting for the start of the Glidden Tour, Detroit, Mich., July 1909. Negative #C22,789.

Crowd lining street for start of 1909 Glidden Tour, Detroit, Mich.

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