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Title
Chairman Hower next to Ray McNamara in Premier 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 racing drivers--Michigan--Detroit

Item Number
EB01f283

Relation
Lazarnick Collection

Type
image

Description
5x7 black and white photograph of Chairman Hower holding flag standing next to Ray McNamara in Premier #99, in front of the Pontchartrain Hotel, crowd in background, at start of Glidden Tour, Detroit, Mich., 1909. Negative #C3,971.

Chairman Hower next to Ray McNamara in Premier car at start of the 1909 Glidden Tour, Detroit, Mich.

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