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Title
Premier car on roadside, 1909 Glidden Tour
Creator
Lazarnick, Nathan

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Glidden Tour (1909 : Detroit, Mich.)

Subject
Automobile racing--United States--History

Subject
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company

Item Number
EB01f366

Relation
Lazarnick Collection

Type
image

Description
4.5x6.5 black and white photograph of Premier car #53 on side of road, man attending to left front wheel, other men standing around with hands on hips, truck with Firestone sign appears to be halfway in ditch on opposite side of road, 1909 Glidden Tour. Negative #C22,907. Photo edges cut unevenly.

Premier car on roadside, 1909 Glidden Tour

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