Mayor Philip Breitmeyer and passengers in Rapid truck at start of Glidden Tour

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Description

View of Detroit mayor Philip Breitmeyer and passengers in Rapid truck at start of Glidden Tour. Signs on truck read: "This Rapid truck climbed Pikes Peak, 15000 feet above sea level, covered Glidden Tours 1907-1908-1909" and "The Rapid Way, daily news of Glidden Tour." Crowd of onlookers stands in background. Typed on front: "Mayor Breitmeyer starting Rapid truck on Glidden Tour. Sign on truck, 'This Rapid truck climbed Pikes Peak ... Glidden Tours 1907-1908-1909." Handwritten on back: "Motor trucks--Rapid."

Details

Resource ID:: na009555
Subject:: Trucks; Breitmeyer, Philip, 1864-1941; Rapid Motor Vehicle Company; Glidden Tour (1909); Photographic prints
Date:: unknown
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 8 x 10 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Collection:: Lazarnick Collection
Location:: Motor trucks--Rapid #2
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.