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Title
Pierce car #8 in Oakley, Kan., at the 1909 Glidden Tour
Creator
Lazarnick, Nathan

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Glidden Tour (1909 : Detroit, Mich.)

Subject
Pierce-Arrow automobile

Subject
Marmon automobile

Item Number
EB01g520

Relation
Lazarnick Collection

Type
image

Description
4.5x6.5 black and white photograph of Pierce-Arrow, Marmon and other cars in grassy field by freight train, drivers and passengers standing around, townspeople observing. Caption on photo back: "Pierce #8 checks out at Oakley," in Kansas at the 1909 Glidden Tour. Negative #C22,576. Photo edges cut unevenly.

Pierce car #8 in Oakley, Kan., at the 1909 Glidden Tour

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