Immense crowd at start of the 1909 Glidden Tour, Detroit, Michigan

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Description

View of crowd of men in suits and straw hats in front of inspection tent, cars visible at edge of image, man at center of photo on platform, appears to be race official, at start of the Glidden Tour at Detroit, Michigan, July 1909. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, telephones 3472-3473 Columbus, 1931 Broadway, New York."

Details

Creator:: Spooner & Wells
Resource ID:: EB01f202
Subject:: Glidden Tour (1909); Automobile driving--Competitions--United States; Streets--Michigan--Detroit; Photographers--New York (State)--New York; Photographic prints
Date:: 1909-07
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 4.5 x 6.75 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Collection:: Lazarnick Collection
Location:: Tours--Glidden Tour, 1909
Negative Number:: Negative #C22,361
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.