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Title
Firestone truck in need of help at the 1909 Glidden Tour
Creator
Lazarnick, Nathan

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Glidden Tour (1909 : Detroit, Mich.)

Subject
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company

Subject
Automobile racing--United States--History

Item Number
EB01f753

Relation
Lazarnick Collection

Type
image

Description
4.25x6.5 black and white photograph of Firestone truck in a ditch, men working to pull the truck back on the road, en route to Minneapolis, Minn., at the 1909 Glidden Tour. Negative #C22,930. Upper left corner missing. Photo edges cut unevenly.

Firestone truck in need of help at the 1909 Glidden Tour

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