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Title
John Machesky in Chalmers-Detroit car at start of the 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
EB01f253

Relation
Lazarnick Collection

Type
image

Description
4x75x6.75 black and white photograph of John Machesky and one passenger in Chalmers-Detroit #105 positioned next to cannon, surrounded by crowd of men in suits and straw hats, at start of Glidden Tour, Detroit, Mich., July 12, 1909. Negative #C22,350. Photo edges cut unevenly.

John Machesky in Chalmers-Detroit car at start of the 1909 Glidden Tour, Detroit, Mich.

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