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Title
Studebaker car in Northfield, Minn., at the 1909 Glidden Tour
Creator
Lazarnick, Nathan

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Glidden Tour (1909 : Detroit, Mich.)

Subject
Studebaker automobile

Subject
Automobile racing--United States--History

Item Number
EB01f728

Relation
Lazarnick Collection

Type
image

Description
4.5x6.5 black and white photograph of Studebaker car #79 driven by George Smithson with three passengers parked in front of Scriver building, a crowd of people, including several boys, looking on. Caption on photo back: "In Northfield in front of the bank, just now a post office, which was robbed by the Younger brothers 25 years ago (1884). Judge Cooper, who participated in the capture of the robbers is in the Studebaker car," at the 1909 Glidden Tour. Note: Northfield bank robbery was on Sept. 7, 1876. Negative #C21,690.

Studebaker car in Northfield, Minn., at the 1909 Glidden Tour

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