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Title
Premier car in front of Pontchartrain Hotel 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
Flags--United States

Item Number
EB01f317

Relation
Lazarnick Collection

Type
image

Description
4.75x6.5 black and white photograph of chairman's car, Premier #99, driver Ray McNamara, with male passenger holding American flag, in front of the Pontchartrain Hotel, surrounded by crowd, at start of Glidden Tour, Detroit, Mich., 1909. Negative #C22,932.

Premier car in front of Pontchartrain Hotel at start of the 1909 Glidden Tour, Detroit, Mich.

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