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Title
Thomas press car at 1909 Glidden Tour
Creator
Lazarnick, Nathan

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Glidden Tour (1909 : Detroit, Mich.)

Subject
Automobile racing--United States--History

Subject
Rural roads--Wisconsin

Item Number
EB01f534

Relation
Lazarnick Collection

Type
image

Description
4.5x6.5 black and white photograph of the Thomas press car, with driver George Schuster and passengers, trailed by two cars with passengers going up the steep hill 15 miles from Madison, Wis., a man standing in the field watching as they pass, at 1909 Glidden Tour. Negative #C21,543. Upper left and upper right corners are missing. Photo edges cut unevenly.

Thomas press car at 1909 Glidden Tour

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